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Founders Federal Credit Union401(k)

FOUNDERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN · LANCASTER, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Founders Federal Credit Union reported $85,122 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,413 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 0.04% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 43rd-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 783rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, the employer put in $1.22 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$138,195,657
Participants with balances945
Active participants846
Employer contributions$4,579,780
Employee contributions$3,763,331
Employer contribution per active participant$5,413
Average account balance$146,239
Benefits paid to participants$13,658,186
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$138.2M · 945 accts · $4.6M emplr
2023$124.0M · 920 accts · $4.1M emplr
2022$109.5M · 905 accts · $3.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$82,195
Investment management$2,927
Total administrative$85,122
The Founders Federal Credit Union 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,413
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,413 per active participant
2023$4,977 per active participant
2022$4,950 per active participant

Founders Federal Credit Union's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
FID INV INST. OPS CO · Loan processing$82,095

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$85,122 · 0.06%
2023$65,186 · 0.06%
2022$44,899 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 570762987 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.