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Sanford401(k)

SANFORD RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · FARGO, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Sanford reported $1,591,249 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,343 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 0.07% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 1st-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and the 35th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.75 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,602,462,001
Participants with balances38,800
Active participants33,144
Employer contributions$110,815,152
Employee contributions$193,698,984
Employer contribution per active participant$3,343
Average account balance$92,847
Benefits paid to participants$279,665,834
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.6B · 38,800 accts · $110.8M emplr
2023$3.1B · 38,072 accts · $104.3M emplr
2022$2.4B · 36,690 accts · $100.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,591,249
Total administrative$1,591,249
The Sanford 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,343
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$3,343 per active participant
2023$3,317 per active participant
2022$3,312 per active participant

Sanford's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$1,591,249
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 history3
2024$1,591,249 · 0.05%
2023$1,769,114 · 0.06%
2022$1,772,185 · 0.07%
All plans at this employer2
SANFORD RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN401(k)
SANFORD 403(B) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN403(b)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 271218956 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.