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Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa401(k)

LAC VIEUX DESERT BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS 401(K) PLAN · WATERSMEET, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.87%

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

Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reported $67,395 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.87% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,662 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 0.78% to 0.87%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other arts, entertainment & recreation employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,618th of 2,619), and 730th of 1,311 in arts, entertainment & recreation. In 2024, employees put in $1.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,881,061
Participants with balances480
Active participants411
Employer contributions$683,271
Employee contributions$887,818
Employer contribution per active participant$1,662
Average account balance$18,502
Benefits paid to participants$591,537
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorREDW LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.9M · 480 accts · $683K emplr
2023$6.7M · 540 accts · $622K emplr
2022$4.7M · 506 accts · $613K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$23,760
Investment management$28,049
Total administrative$67,395
The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,662
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,662 per active participant
2023$1,602 per active participant
2022$1,553 per active participant

Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20243
PENSION PLAN SPECIALISTS, PC · Recordkeeping · Other services$15,586
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Investment management$8,192
SOVEREIGN INVESTMENT ADVISORS · Investment advisory (participants)$28,049

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock, PENSION PLAN SPECIALISTS, PC
2023John Hancock, PENSION PLAN SPECIALISTS, PC

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Administrative cost history3
2024$67,395 · 0.87%
2023$36,817 · 0.65%
2022$25,662 · 0.78%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382629283 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.