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Northern Contours, Inc.401(k)

NORTHERN CONTOURS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · FERGUS FALLS, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.67%

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

Northern Contours, Inc. reported $82,250 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.67% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $933 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.67%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Minnesota (1,169th of 1,918), and 7,851st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $4.77 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 384 to 276 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,570,080
Participants with balances435
Active participants276
Employer contributions$257,612
Employee contributions$1,228,832
Employer contribution per active participant$933
Average account balance$28,897
Benefits paid to participants$2,122,643
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.6M · 435 accts · $258K emplr
2023$11.8M · 590 accts · $202K emplr
2022$10.6M · 503 accts · $199K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$82,250
Total administrative$82,250
The Northern Contours, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$933
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$933 per active participant
2023$577 per active participant
2022$517 per active participant

Northern Contours, Inc.'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 · 20244
FUTUREPLAN BY ASCENSUS · Contract administrator$23,958
USI ADVISORS INC · Investment advisory (plan)$23,400
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$3,731

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$82,250 · 0.67%
2023$76,917 · 0.69%
2022$78,386 · 0.71%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 411735466 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.