Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Cramer & Associates, Inc.ESOP

CRAMER & ASSOCIATES, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · GRIMES, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.56%

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

Cramer & Associates, Inc. reported $167,370 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.56% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,455 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 0.77% to 0.56%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 279th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 1,462nd of 5,337 in construction.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$32,030,482
Participants with balances120
Active participants110
Employer contributions$710,000
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$6,455
Average account balance$266,921
Benefits paid to participants$2,381,438
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$32.0M · 120 accts · $710K emplr
2023$28.2M · 119 accts · $720K emplr
2022$25.3M · 123 accts · $640K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$20,065
Audit (IQPA)$21,630
Trustee / custodial$86,550
Total administrative$167,370
Employer contributions to the Cramer & Associates, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,455
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$6,455 per active participant
2023$6,545 per active participant
2022$5,565 per active participant

Cramer & Associates, 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 · 20244
BLUE RIDGE TOPCO, LLC · Recordkeeping$20,065
GREATBANC TRUST COMPANY · Trustee$86,550
RSM US, LLP · Accounting / audit$21,630
HDH ADVISORS · Valuation$7,600

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BLUE RIDGE TOPCO, LLC
2023BLUE RIDGE TOPCO, LLC, Newport (Ascensus)

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Cramer & Associates, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$167,370 · 0.56%
2023$234,091 · 0.87%
2022$193,863 · 0.77%
Similar plansConstruction · Iowa
McCarthy Bush Corporation IA$33.7M · 0.13%
Scintilla Eg Holdings, Inc. IA$31.0M · 0.36%
Russell Group Inc IA$30.9M · 0.26%
Conlon Construction Company IA$29.0M · 0.18%

Why are you looking at this plan?

Compare

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421102408 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.