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Dairy Union Employees Benefit Fund TrusteesMoney purchase plan

DAIRY UNION EMPLOYEES BENEFIT PLAN · INDEPENDENCE, OH · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
4.14%

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

Dairy Union Employees Benefit Fund Trustees reported $72,237 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 4.14% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,592 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 3.33% to 5.26%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Ohio (3,039th of 3,295), and 12,897th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, the employer put in $1.33 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 29 to 25 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,833,108
Participants with balances180
Active participants25
Employer contributions$39,800
Employee contributions$30,000
Employer contribution per active participant$1,592
Average account balance$10,184
Benefits paid to participants$61,456
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCIUNI & PANICHI, INC.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.8M · 89 accts · $41K emplr
2023$1.8M · 180 accts · $40K emplr
2022$1.7M · 174 accts · $36K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$27,939
Audit (IQPA)$26,334
Total administrative$72,237
Employer contributions to the Dairy Union Employees Benefit Fund Trustees plan · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,592
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$1,652 per active participant
2023$1,592 per active participant
2022$1,226 per active participant

Dairy Union Employees Benefit Fund Trustees's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20234
HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK · Recordkeeping$12,214
TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 293 · Contract administrator$27,939
CIUNI & PANICHI, LLC · Accounting / audit$26,334
FADEL & BEYER, LLC · Legal$5,750

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
2023HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK

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Administrative cost history3
2024$94,978 · 5.26%
2023$72,237 · 4.14%
2022$63,445 · 3.33%
Similar plansManufacturing · Ohio
Hopkins Printing, Inc. OH$2.1M · 0.05%
Sun America LLC OH$2.0M · 0.75%
Fry Foods, Inc. OH$2.0M · 0.85%
Compton Point, Inc. OH$1.8M · 1.26%
Raymath Co., Inc. OH$1.8M · 0.02%
Bellofram Corporation OH$1.7M · 0.14%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341258908 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.