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Northwest Grain Growers, Inc.401(k)

NORTHWEST GRAIN GROWERS, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · WALLA WALLA, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.36%

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

Northwest Grain Growers, Inc. reported $55,428 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.36% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $14,633 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.43% to 0.36%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is the 791st-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 845th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, the employer put in $3.48 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,554,997
Participants with balances121
Active participants96
Employer contributions$1,404,739
Employee contributions$403,247
Employer contribution per active participant$14,633
Average account balance$136,818
Benefits paid to participants$535,483
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.6M · 121 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$14.2M · 125 accts · $1.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$55,428
Total administrative$55,428
The Northwest Grain Growers, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$14,633
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$14,633 per active participant
2023$15,338 per active participant

Northwest Grain Growers, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$55,428 · 0.36%
2023$54,427 · 0.43%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 910457130 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.