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Trustees - Southwest States Conference Defined Contribution FunDC plan

SOUTHWEST STATES CONFERENCE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION FUND · LAKE CHARLES, LA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
2.94%

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

Trustees - Southwest States Conference Defined Contribution Fun reported $132,750 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 2.94% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $217 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 2.60% to 3.31%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Louisiana (612th of 884), and 4,055th of 5,337 in construction.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,730,793
Participants with balances813
Active participants820
Employer contributions$178,312
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$217
Average account balance$5,819
Benefits paid to participants$178,967
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorNEEDLES & ASSOCIATES, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.5M · 625 accts · $235K emplr
2023$4.7M · 813 accts · $178K emplr
2022$4.3M · $1.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$56,631
Audit (IQPA)$23,857
Total administrative$132,750
Employer contributions to the Trustees - Southwest States Conference Defined Contribution Fun plan · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$217
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$376 per active participant
2023$217 per active participant
2022$1,971 per active participant

Trustees - Southwest States Conference Defined Contribution Fun's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
THE STANDARD · Recordkeeping$20,048
ROBEIN URANN SPENCER ET AL · Legal$39,184
NEEDLES & ASSOCIATES, LLC. · Accounting / audit$23,856

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023The Standard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$136,003 · 3.31%
2023$132,750 · 2.94%
2022$88,609 · 2.60%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 271555556 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.