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Doane UniversityProfit-sharing plan

DOANE UNIVERSITY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · CRETE, NE · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.21%

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

Doane University reported $93,862 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.21% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,796 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 fell from 0.27% to 0.21%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 133rd-largest of 565 plans among Nebraska employers on file, and the 947th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2025, employees put in $1.55 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 387 to 339 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$47,740,284
Participants with balances505
Active participants339
Employer contributions$947,746
Employee contributions$1,472,009
Employer contribution per active participant$2,796
Average account balance$94,535
Benefits paid to participants$4,569,400
Plan auditDisclaimer of opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$47.7M · 505 accts · $948K emplr
2024$43.7M · 503 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$39.4M · 494 accts · $800K emplr
2022$35.5M · 495 accts · $759K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$93,862
Total administrative$93,862
Employer contributions to the Doane University plan · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,796
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$2,796 per active participant
2024$3,295 per active participant
2023$2,246 per active participant
2022$1,962 per active participant

Doane University's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20257
MARINER RETIREMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$42,867
ASCENSUS HOLDINGS DBA FUTUREPLAN · Contract administrator$7,070
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP LLC · Investment management$3,612
ASCENSUS INCindirect comp
BKD LLP · Accounting / auditindirect comp
BAKER TILLY US, LLP · Accounting / auditindirect comp

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$93,862 · 0.21%
2024$94,256 · 0.23%
2023$58,750 · 0.16%
2022$106,685 · 0.27%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 470377991 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.