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Canal Street Brewing Co. LLC dba Founders Brewing Company401(k)

FOUNDERS BREWING COMPANY 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · GRAND RAPIDS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.41%

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

Canal Street Brewing Co. LLC dba Founders Brewing Company reported $134,099 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.41% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,822 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 0.48% to 0.41%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 645th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 3,810th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.27 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 405 to 472 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$38,148,458
Participants with balances698
Active participants472
Employer contributions$1,331,866
Employee contributions$3,020,308
Employer contribution per active participant$2,822
Average account balance$54,654
Benefits paid to participants$4,070,752
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHUNGERFORD
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$38.1M · 698 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$27.3M · 528 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$22.0M · 565 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$134,099
Total administrative$134,099
The Canal Street Brewing Co. LLC dba Founders Brewing Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,822
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,822 per active participant
2023$2,476 per active participant
2022$2,757 per active participant

Canal Street Brewing Co. LLC dba Founders Brewing Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size. 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.

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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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$134,099
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect 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$134,099 · 0.41%
2023$125,001 · 0.51%
2022$112,506 · 0.48%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 383314250 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.