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United Cooperative401(k)

UNITED COOPERATIVE 401(K) PLAN · BEAVER DAM, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.16%

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

United Cooperative reported $108,890 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.16% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,969 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 0.12% to 0.16%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 321st-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 69th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $1.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$69,993,349
Participants with balances789
Active participants531
Employer contributions$1,576,768
Employee contributions$2,426,624
Employer contribution per active participant$2,969
Average account balance$88,711
Benefits paid to participants$8,226,557
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$70.0M · 789 accts · $1.6M emplr
2023$64.0M · 793 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$54.9M · 720 accts · $1.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$27,572
Investment management$81,318
Total administrative$108,890
The United Cooperative 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,969
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,969 per active participant
2023$2,200 per active participant
2022$2,577 per active participant

United Cooperative's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20243
COTA STREET INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Investment management$40,847
WORLD INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$40,470

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$108,890 · 0.16%
2023$81,709 · 0.14%
2022$72,520 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 390191260 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.