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Northwest Financial Corp401(k)

NFC 401(K) PLAN · ARNOLDS PARK, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.25%

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

Northwest Financial Corp reported $157,931 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.25% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,065 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 0.24% to 0.25%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other management of companies employers. By assets it is the 144th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 247th of 786 in management of companies. In 2024, employees put in $2.68 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$65,617,736
Participants with balances488
Active participants409
Employer contributions$1,253,501
Employee contributions$3,364,816
Employer contribution per active participant$3,065
Average account balance$134,463
Benefits paid to participants$5,705,382
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$65.6M · 488 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$58.7M · 491 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$51.4M · 483 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$149,886
Trustee / custodial$8,045
Total administrative$157,931
The Northwest Financial Corp 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,065
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,065 per active participant
2023$2,760 per active participant
2022$2,671 per active participant

Northwest Financial Corp's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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
ALERUS FINANCIAL, N.A. · Recordkeeping · Custodial (securities)$14,080
AVANTAX PLANNING PARTNERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$93,702
BAM ADVISOR SERVICES · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$50,150
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Custodial (securities) · Trusteeindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Alerus
2023Alerus

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Administrative cost history3
2024$157,931 · 0.25%
2023$139,609 · 0.25%
2022$135,470 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421325482 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.