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Growmark, Inc.401(k)

GROWMARK MEMBER COOPERATIVE 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · BLOOMINGTON, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.19%

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

Growmark, Inc. reported $829,009 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.19% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $748 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 0.21% to 0.19%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 162nd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 7th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $5.12 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$474,875,852
Participants with balances9,367
Active participants7,534
Employer contributions$5,636,585
Employee contributions$28,887,487
Employer contribution per active participant$748
Average account balance$50,697
Benefits paid to participants$40,902,364
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$474.9M · 9,367 accts · $5.6M emplr
2023$408.4M · 9,053 accts · $5.8M emplr
2022$336.8M · 8,800 accts · $4.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$509,672
Investment management$215,768
Audit (IQPA)$35,198
Total administrative$829,009
The Growmark, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$748
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$748 per active participant
2023$798 per active participant
2022$664 per active participant

Growmark, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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 · 20244
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$509,672
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$215,768
MARQUETTE ASSOCIATES · Consulting$68,375
RUBINBROWN LLP · Accounting / audit$35,198

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$829,009 · 0.19%
2023$768,116 · 0.21%
2022$773,346 · 0.21%
All plans at this employer2
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GROWMARK MEMBER COOPERATIVE 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 370815318 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.