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Cornerstone Bank401(k)

CORNERSTONE BANK 401K PLAN · FARGO, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.52%

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

Cornerstone Bank reported $129,000 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.52% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,089 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 0.52%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 91st-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and 2,595th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, the employer put in $1.03 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,710,697
Participants with balances247
Active participants208
Employer contributions$1,474,432
Employee contributions$1,425,718
Employer contribution per active participant$7,089
Average account balance$108,140
Benefits paid to participants$2,749,247
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$26.7M · 247 accts · $1.5M emplr
2023$23.2M · 254 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$19.3M · 235 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$129,000
Total administrative$129,000
The Cornerstone Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,089
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$7,089 per active participant
2023$5,836 per active participant
2022$5,714 per active participant

Cornerstone Bank'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 · 20245
EIDE BAILLY LLP · Accounting / audit$10,750
ASCENSUS HOLDINGS INC · Contract administrator$6,650
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP · Investment management$5,401
LPL FINANCIAL LLCindirect 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$129,000 · 0.52%
2023$106,711 · 0.50%
2022$104,035 · 0.50%
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Starion Bancorporation ND$32.4M · 0.32%
American Federal Bank ND$29.4M · 0.23%
Agraria Insurance Company ND$14.0M · 0.37%
Cole Papers, Inc. ND$11.4M · 0.33%
Ni Holdings, Inc. ND$2.7M · 0.02%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450117720 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.