Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Landus Cooperative401(k)

THE RESTATED THRIFT/PROFIT SHARING PLAN FOR COOPERATIVES · DES MOINES, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.27%

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

Landus Cooperative reported $210,751 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.27% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,704 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 0.15% to 0.27%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 118th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 62nd of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $1.65 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$80,421,772
Participants with balances817
Active participants647
Employer contributions$2,396,608
Employee contributions$3,956,428
Employer contribution per active participant$3,704
Average account balance$98,435
Benefits paid to participants$11,169,035
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFORGE FINANCIAL & MGMT. CONSULTING
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$80.4M · 817 accts · $2.4M emplr
2023$73.7M · 923 accts · $2.6M emplr
2022$62.7M · 891 accts · $1.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$34,351
Investment management$176,400
Total administrative$210,751
The Landus Cooperative 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,704
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,704 per active participant
2023$3,069 per active participant
2022$2,220 per active participant

Landus Cooperative's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 SECURITIES INC · Investment advisory (plan)$187,125
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$34,501
EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$6,212
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 history3
2024$210,751 · 0.27%
2023$102,031 · 0.15%
2022$98,924 · 0.15%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420243650 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.