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The Donaldson Group, LLC401(k)

THE DONALDSON GROUP, LLC · ROCKVILLE, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.52%

The Donaldson Group, LLC reported $74,112 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.52% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. 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 1.40% to 1.52%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,286th of 1,671), and 1,517th of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. active participation has shrunk from 204 to 164 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,961,917
Participants with balances197
Active participants164
Employer contributions—
Employee contributions$580,727
Employer contribution per active participant—
Average account balance$25,187
Benefits paid to participants$916,607
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0
2024$5.0M · 197 accts
2023$4.8M · 255 accts
2022$4.2M · 225 accts · $374 emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$49,405
Investment management$24,707
Total administrative$74,112
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 · 20243
PRINCPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$37,391
KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$24,406
ORENDA RETIREMENT, LLC · Other services · Contract administrator$12,022

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

Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$74,112 · 1.52%
2023$66,545 · 1.48%
2022$63,968 · 1.40%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 522135284 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.