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Cooperative Elevator Co.401(k)

COOPERATIVE ELEVATOR COMPANY EMPLOYEES' PROFIT SHARING & 401(K) PLAN · PIGEON, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Cooperative Elevator Co. reported $6,575 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,481 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 rose from 0.018% to 0.021%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 734th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 1,266th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, the employer put in $1.41 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$32,713,796
Participants with balances201
Active participants170
Employer contributions$1,271,851
Employee contributions$899,898
Employer contribution per active participant$7,481
Average account balance$162,755
Benefits paid to participants$4,302,475
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorNIETZKE & FAUPEL PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$32.7M · 201 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$31.3M · 192 accts · $956K emplr
2022$30.1M · 190 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$75
Audit (IQPA)$6,500
Total administrative$6,575
The Cooperative Elevator Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,481
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$7,481 per active participant
2023$5,937 per active participant
2022$7,944 per active participant

Cooperative Elevator Co.'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.

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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
NIETZKE & FAUPEL, PC · Accounting / audit$6,500

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$6,575 · 0.02%
2023$6,075 · 0.02%
2022$5,650 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 380430470 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.