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Glacial Lakes401(k)

GLACIAL LAKES ENERGY, LLC 401(K) PLAN · WATERTOWN, SD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.18%

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

Glacial Lakes reported $32,387 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.18% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,159 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 0.14% to 0.18%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 91st-largest of 233 plans among South Dakota employers on file, and the 5,927th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.43 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 170 to 191 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,042,141
Participants with balances218
Active participants191
Employer contributions$794,363
Employee contributions$1,138,530
Employer contribution per active participant$4,159
Average account balance$91,936
Benefits paid to participants$1,044,720
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.0M · 218 accts · $794K emplr
2023$16.7M · 218 accts · $666K emplr
2022$13.6M · 205 accts · $528K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$32,387
Total administrative$32,387
The Glacial Lakes 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,159
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,159 per active participant
2023$3,657 per active participant
2022$3,107 per active participant

Glacial Lakes's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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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
FIRST BANK & TRUST · Recordkeeping · Trustee$32,387

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024FIRST BANK & TRUST
2023FIRST BANK & TRUST

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Administrative cost history3
2024$32,387 · 0.18%
2023$24,980 · 0.17%
2022$19,784 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 460461664 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.