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Whistlepig Goamericago Beverag401(k)

WHISTLEPIG GOAMERICAGO BEVERAG 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · SHOREHAM, VT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Whistlepig Goamericago Beverag reported $2,962 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,156 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 0.048% to 0.054%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Vermont (175th of 230), and 10,531st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,281,729
Participants with balances154
Active participants128
Employer contributions$403,929
Employee contributions$809,266
Employer contribution per active participant$3,156
Average account balance$40,790
Benefits paid to participants$530,084
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.3M · 154 accts · $404K emplr
2023$4.7M · 166 accts · $349K emplr
2022$3.2M · 145 accts · $294K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,102
Trustee / custodial$860
Total administrative$2,962
The Whistlepig Goamericago Beverag 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,156
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$3,156 per active participant
2023$2,773 per active participant
2022$2,453 per active participant

Whistlepig Goamericago Beverag's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history3
2024$2,962 · 0.05%
2023$3,898 · 0.10%
2022$1,520 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 264430660 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.