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Desert Financial Credit Union401(k)

DESERT FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · PHOENIX, AZ · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.09%

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

Desert Financial Credit Union reported $137,807 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.09% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,623 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 rose from 0.04% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 86th-largest of 1,285 plans among Arizona employers on file, and the 690th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, the employer put in $1.12 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 1,159 to 1,312 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$163,931,476
Participants with balances1,615
Active participants1,312
Employer contributions$8,689,311
Employee contributions$7,743,447
Employer contribution per active participant$6,623
Average account balance$101,506
Benefits paid to participants$9,998,833
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$163.9M · 1,615 accts · $8.7M emplr
2024$131.7M · 1,562 accts · $8.0M emplr
2023$106.9M · 1,489 accts · $7.5M emplr
2022$84.4M · 1,456 accts · $7.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$68,379
Investment management$69,428
Total administrative$137,807
The Desert Financial Credit Union 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$6,623
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$6,623 per active participant
2024$6,359 per active participant
2023$6,268 per active participant
2022$6,038 per active participant

Desert Financial Credit Union's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,093 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.

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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
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$69,428

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$137,807 · 0.09%
2024$193,552 · 0.16%
2023$59,093 · 0.06%
2022$37,300 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 860096740 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.