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Donaldson Company, Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

DONALDSON COMPANY, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS AND EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.06%

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

Donaldson Company, Inc. reported $503,790 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,283 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 0.08% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 43rd-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 356th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.31 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$942,694,332
Participants with balances5,751
Active participants4,209
Employer contributions$22,236,415
Employee contributions$29,079,168
Employer contribution per active participant$5,283
Average account balance$163,918
Benefits paid to participants$107,247,274
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$942.7M · 5,751 accts · $22.2M emplr
2024$827.0M · 5,873 accts · $22.2M emplr
2023$745.2M · 5,572 accts · $20.3M emplr
2022$656.0M · 5,498 accts · $18.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$296,807
Investment management$145,544
Total administrative$503,790
The Donaldson Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$5,283
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$5,283 per active participant
2024$5,106 per active participant
2023$4,793 per active participant
2022$4,311 per active participant

Donaldson Company, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,295 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.

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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$503,790 · 0.06%
2024$565,951 · 0.07%
2023$483,471 · 0.07%
2022$556,213 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410222640 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.