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Heartland Bank401(k)

HEARTLAND BANK 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · WHITEHALL, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.46%

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

Heartland Bank reported $111,001 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.46% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,978 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 0.57% to 0.46%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 1,038th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and 2,552nd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.39 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 290 to 253 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,561,577
Participants with balances314
Active participants253
Employer contributions$753,560
Employee contributions$1,798,179
Employer contribution per active participant$2,978
Average account balance$87,776
Benefits paid to participants$2,356,395
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0 · $104K emplr
2024$27.6M · 314 accts · $754K emplr
2023$21.2M · 372 accts · $786K emplr
2022$17.8M · 348 accts · $773K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$111,001
Total administrative$111,001
The Heartland Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,978
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,978 per active participant
2023$2,464 per active participant
2022$2,665 per active participant

Heartland Bank'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 · 20244
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$111,000
SALING SIMMS ASSOC INC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp
STEWARD PARTNERS INVESTMENT ADV LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$111,001 · 0.46%
2023$102,208 · 0.52%
2022$103,953 · 0.57%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 314159950 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.