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Agri-Valley Communications, Inc.401(k)

AGRI-VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. EMPLOYEE PROFIT SHARING AND 401(K) PLAN · PIGEON, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

Peer grade: A · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. reported $1,074 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,543 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.004% to 0.003%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 602nd-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 613th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, the employer put in $1.33 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 120 to 138 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$41,333,895
Participants with balances153
Active participants138
Employer contributions$764,957
Employee contributions$576,433
Employer contribution per active participant$5,543
Average account balance$270,156
Benefits paid to participants$933,113
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorNIETZKE & FAUPEL PC CPA'S
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$41.3M · 153 accts · $765K emplr
2023$33.5M · 142 accts · $514K emplr
2022$27.8M · 145 accts · $671K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,074
Total administrative$1,074
The Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,543
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,543 per active participant
2023$4,176 per active participant
2022$5,595 per active participant

Agri-Valley Communications, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$1,075
THUMB BANK & TRUSTindirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$1,074 · 0.00%
2023$925 · 0.00%
2022$1,075 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382433007 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.