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Cooperative Farmers Elevator401(k)

THE RESTATED THRIFT/PROFIT SHARING PLAN FOR COOPERATIVES · ROCK VALLEY, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Cooperative Farmers Elevator reported $53,034 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,935 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.117%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 201st-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 95th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $3.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$47,916,174
Participants with balances434
Active participants335
Employer contributions$648,169
Employee contributions$2,031,784
Employer contribution per active participant$1,935
Average account balance$110,406
Benefits paid to participants$2,785,116
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMERIWETHER, WILSON AND CO., PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$47.9M · 434 accts · $648K emplr
2023$42.4M · 414 accts · $580K emplr
2022$36.2M · 412 accts · $541K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$31,583
Investment management$21,451
Total administrative$53,034
The Cooperative Farmers Elevator 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,935
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,935 per active participant
2023$1,813 per active participant
2022$1,728 per active participant

Cooperative Farmers Elevator's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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.

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 · 20247
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$26,042
EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$21,451
ASSOCIATED BENEFITS CORPORATION · Plan administrator$5,541
WELLINGTON TRUST CO., NA · Custodial (securities)indirect comp
DST ASSET MANAGER SOLUTIONS, INC. · Custodial (securities)indirect comp
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO · Custodial (securities)indirect comp
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (participants)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$53,034 · 0.12%
2023$48,283 · 0.12%
2022$47,945 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420244070 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.