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Grain & Feed Association of Illinois401(k)

GRAIN & FEED ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS MEMBERS CHOICE 401(K) PLAN · SPRINGFIELD, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.55%

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

Grain & Feed Association of Illinois reported $199,352 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.55% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,014 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 0.51% to 0.55%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 1,107th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 115th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $1.34 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 295 to 378 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$39,468,233
Participants with balances397
Active participants378
Employer contributions$1,139,467
Employee contributions$1,525,016
Employer contribution per active participant$3,014
Average account balance$99,416
Benefits paid to participants$2,080,969
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKERBER, ECK, & BRAECKEL LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$39.5M · 397 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$33.3M · 406 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$23.9M · 420 accts · $879K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$199,352
Total administrative$199,352
The Grain & Feed Association of Illinois 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,014
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,014 per active participant
2023$3,228 per active participant
2022$2,980 per active participant

Grain & Feed Association of Illinois's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20243
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INS COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Investment management$4,753
MERRILL LYNCH-EPS · Investment advisory (participants)$62,660
MERRILL LYNCH-FAS · Investment advisory (participants)$44,667

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023Bank of America / Merrill, John Hancock

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Grain & Feed Association of Illinois before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$199,352 · 0.55%
2023$157,905 · 0.55%
2022$139,057 · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 370343750 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.