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Lifescape401(k)

LIFESCAPE 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · SIOUX FALLS, SD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.25%

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

Lifescape reported $101,991 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.25% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $952 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 0.23% to 0.25%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 48th-largest of 233 plans among South Dakota employers on file, and the 1,036th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $2.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$42,373,343
Participants with balances1,249
Active participants1,091
Employer contributions$1,038,909
Employee contributions$2,885,449
Employer contribution per active participant$952
Average account balance$33,926
Benefits paid to participants$4,836,226
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$42.4M · 1,249 accts · $1.0M emplr
2023$38.3M · 1,222 accts · $839K emplr
2022$33.1M · 1,284 accts · $789K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$101,991
Total administrative$101,991
The Lifescape 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$952
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$952 per active participant
2023$806 per active participant
2022$775 per active participant

Lifescape's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20241
FIRST BANK & TRUST · Recordkeeping · Trustee$101,991

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024FIRST BANK & TRUST
2023FIRST BANK & TRUST

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Administrative cost history3
2024$101,991 · 0.25%
2023$86,534 · 0.24%
2022$69,047 · 0.23%
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Friends Select School PA$42.6M · 0.32%
Spring Hill College AL$42.4M · 0.01%
Rivier University NH$42.3M · 0.12%
Charles Wright Academy WA$42.3M · 0.00%
Centenary University NJ$42.3M · 0.17%
The Fenn School Inc. MA$42.0M · 0.15%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 465151247 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.