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Iowa Legal Aid401(k)

IOWA LEGAL AID 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · DES MOINES, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.30%

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

Iowa Legal Aid reported $41,868 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.30% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,129 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.30%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (492nd of 878), and 6,625th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.42 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 106 to 122 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,768,715
Participants with balances165
Active participants122
Employer contributions$503,759
Employee contributions$714,403
Employer contribution per active participant$4,129
Average account balance$89,507
Benefits paid to participants$1,158,322
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.8M · 165 accts · $504K emplr
2023$13.4M · 163 accts · $456K emplr
2022$11.8M · 159 accts · $461K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$31,370
Investment management$10,498
Total administrative$41,868
The Iowa Legal Aid 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,129
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,129 per active participant
2023$4,071 per active participant
2022$4,353 per active participant

Iowa Legal Aid'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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$31,370
USI ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$10,498

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$41,868 · 0.30%
2023$41,695 · 0.33%
2022$36,221 · 0.29%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421079227 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.