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Dakota Gasification Company401(k)

DAKOTA GASIFICATION COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · BISMARK, ND · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.06%

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

Dakota Gasification Company reported $145,996 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $8,449 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.061%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 16th-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and the 986th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.61 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$253,028,339
Participants with balances692
Active participants544
Employer contributions$4,596,107
Employee contributions$7,399,170
Employer contribution per active participant$8,449
Average account balance$365,648
Benefits paid to participants$19,210,923
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$253.0M · 692 accts · $4.6M emplr
2024$221.9M · 679 accts · $3.9M emplr
2023$200.1M · 664 accts · $3.4M emplr
2022$189.9M · 651 accts · $3.2M emplr
The Dakota Gasification Company 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$8,449
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$8,449 per active participant
2024$7,427 per active participant
2023$6,728 per active participant
2022$6,493 per active participant

Dakota Gasification Company's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$54,384
VANGUARD ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$94,952

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Vanguard
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history4
2025$145,996 · 0.06%
2024$125,366 · 0.06%
2023$118,190 · 0.06%
2022$124,359 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450409140 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.