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Mount Mercy University401(k)

MOUNT MERCY UNIVERSITY 401(K) PLAN · CEDAR RAPIDS, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.36%

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

Mount Mercy University reported $91,541 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.36% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,111 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 0.34% to 0.36%. 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 335th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 1,372nd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $2.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 256 to 227 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,853,880
Participants with balances356
Active participants227
Employer contributions$479,090
Employee contributions$1,018,519
Employer contribution per active participant$2,111
Average account balance$75,432
Benefits paid to participants$2,631,448
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0 · $142K emplr
2024$26.9M · 356 accts · $479K emplr
2023$24.0M · 377 accts · $685K emplr
2022$20.7M · 380 accts · $715K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$91,541
Total administrative$91,541
The Mount Mercy University 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,111
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,111 per active participant
2023$2,796 per active participant
2022$2,793 per active participant

Mount Mercy University's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$91,554
BASEPOINT WEALTH, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp
NEWPORT GROUP, INC. · Other servicesindirect comp
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)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 history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$91,541 · 0.36%
2023$77,919 · 0.35%
2022$77,234 · 0.34%
Same employer
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William Penn University IA$28.2M · 0.21%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420681046 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.