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Grande Cheese Company401(k)

GRANDE ASSOCIATES ASSET ACCUMULATION PLAN · FOND DU LAC, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

Grande Cheese Company reported $150,443 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,410 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 fell from 0.09% to 0.07%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 129th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 1,120th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.43 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$211,371,831
Participants with balances1,566
Active participants1,234
Employer contributions$4,208,294
Employee contributions$10,242,272
Employer contribution per active participant$3,410
Average account balance$134,976
Benefits paid to participants$23,297,734
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$211.4M · 1,566 accts · $4.2M emplr
2023$195.2M · 1,576 accts · $4.4M emplr
2022$169.4M · 1,431 accts · $3.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$138,802
Total administrative$150,443
The Grande Cheese Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,410
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,410 per active participant
2023$3,618 per active participant
2022$3,042 per active participant

Grande Cheese Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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.

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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 · 20242
EMPOWER FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. · Securities brokerage$505

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$150,443 · 0.07%
2023$200,009 · 0.11%
2022$159,938 · 0.09%
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Badger Meter, Inc. WI$233.4M · 0.05%
Briggs & Stratton, LLC WI$226.7M · 0.21%
Robinson, Inc. WI$224.1M
Marathon Cheese Corporation WI$205.5M · 0.20%
Jj Keller & Associates, Inc. WI$193.0M · 0.13%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 390867071 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.