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Stateline Cooperative401(k)

THE RESTATED THRIFT/PROFIT SHARING PLAN FOR COOPERATIVES · BURT, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Stateline Cooperative reported $23,813 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,059 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 0.11% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 392nd-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 239th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $3.36 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,381,191
Participants with balances192
Active participants129
Employer contributions$265,563
Employee contributions$892,870
Employer contribution per active participant$2,059
Average account balance$106,152
Benefits paid to participants$2,756,963
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMERIWETHER, WILSON AND CO., PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.4M · 192 accts · $266K emplr
2023$19.7M · 205 accts · $249K emplr
2022$17.0M · 180 accts · $196K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$18,902
Investment management$4,911
Total administrative$23,813
The Stateline Cooperative 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,059
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,059 per active participant
2023$1,830 per active participant
2022$1,604 per active participant

Stateline Cooperative'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 · 20246
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$11,142
ASSOCIATED BENEFITS CORPORATION · Plan administrator$7,760
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO · Custodial (securities)indirect comp
WELLINGTON TRUST CO., NA · Custodial (securities)indirect comp
DST ASSET MANAGER SOLUTIONS, INC. · Custodial (securities)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$23,813 · 0.12%
2023$21,370 · 0.12%
2022$20,235 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421023410 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.