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Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.Money purchase plan

MINNKOTA POWER COOPERATIVE, INC EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN - PLAN B · GRAND FORKS, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.42%

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

Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. reported $355,155 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.42% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $16,412 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 fell from 0.45% to 0.42%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 32nd-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and the 137th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, the employer put in $5197.14 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$89,521,315
Participants with balances399
Active participants380
Employer contributions$6,236,562
Employee contributions$1,200
Employer contribution per active participant$16,412
Average account balance$224,364
Benefits paid to participants$4,031,508
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBRADY MARTZ & ASSOCIATES
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$89.5M · 399 accts · $6.2M emplr
2023$80.3M · 395 accts · $5.9M emplr
2022$70.0M · 383 accts · $5.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$349,798
Audit (IQPA)$5,357
Total administrative$355,155
Employer contributions to the Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$16,412
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$16,412 per active participant
2023$15,743 per active participant
2022$15,328 per active participant

Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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
THOMAS WEISEL PARTNERS · Pension consulting · Custodial (securities)$225,602
BRADY MARTZ & ASSOCIATES · Accounting / audit$5,357

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$355,155 · 0.42%
2023$335,120 · 0.45%
2022$341,895 · 0.45%
All plans at this employer2
MINNKOTA POWER COOPERATIVE, INC EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN - PLAN BMoney purchase plan
MINNKOTA POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. EMPLOYEES 401(K) PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450166406 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.