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Hillcrest Family Services401(k)

HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES UNION AND NON-UNION 401(K) PLAN · DUBUQUE, IA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.86%

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

Hillcrest Family Services reported $81,686 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.86% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,340 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 0.64% to 0.82%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (589th of 878), and the 5,831st of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2023, the employer put in $1.02 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 261 to 203 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,617,550
Participants with balances332
Active participants203
Employer contributions$271,945
Employee contributions$266,658
Employer contribution per active participant$1,340
Average account balance$28,969
Benefits paid to participants$1,699,968
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.3M · 206 accts · $255K emplr
2023$9.6M · 332 accts · $272K emplr
2022$9.3M · 323 accts · $316K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$71,681
Investment management$10,000
Trustee / custodial$5
Total administrative$81,686
The Hillcrest Family Services 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,340
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$1,237 per active participant
2023$1,340 per active participant
2022$1,209 per active participant

Hillcrest Family Services's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
DUBUQUE BANK & TRUST · Recordkeeping · Trustee$71,681

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024July Business Services
2023DUBUQUE BANK & TRUST

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Hillcrest Family Services 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$77,361 · 0.82%
2023$81,686 · 0.86%
2022$69,925 · 0.64%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420680411 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.