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Independence Bank401(k)

INDEPENDENCE BANK 401K PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · HAVRE, MT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.38%

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

Independence Bank reported $120,910 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.38% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $12,832 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 0.22% to 0.38%. 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 36th-largest of 229 plans among Montana employers on file, and the 2,202nd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, the employer put in $10.25 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$34,480,049
Participants with balances192
Active participants147
Employer contributions$1,886,338
Employee contributions$184,095
Employer contribution per active participant$12,832
Average account balance$179,584
Benefits paid to participants$320,827
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDOUGLAS WILSON & CO.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$34.5M · 192 accts · $1.9M emplr
2023$29.3M · 174 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$26.2M · 159 accts · $1.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$29,444
Investment management$91,466
Total administrative$120,910
The Independence Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$12,832
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$12,832 per active participant
2023$13,094 per active participant
2022$12,251 per active participant

Independence Bank's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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
ALLIED INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$91,465
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$5,419
RANDALL & HURLEY, INC. · Contract administrator · Plan administrator$4,020

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$120,910 · 0.38%
2023$101,268 · 0.36%
2022$62,427 · 0.22%
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Opportunity Bank of Montana MT$40.0M · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 810331859 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.