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Yellowstone Forever403(b)

YELLOWSTONE FOREVER 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · BOZEMAN, MT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.18%

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

Yellowstone Forever reported $10,025 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.18% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,938 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 0.16% to 0.18%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Montana (162nd of 229), and 2,431st of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.76 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 42 to 52 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,955,445
Participants with balances123
Active participants52
Employer contributions$204,781
Employee contributions$359,438
Employer contribution per active participant$3,938
Average account balance$48,418
Benefits paid to participants$437,407
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.0M · 123 accts · $205K emplr
2023$5.2M · 121 accts · $178K emplr
2022$4.3M · 119 accts · $135K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$10,025
Total administrative$10,025
The Yellowstone Forever 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,938
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$3,938 per active participant
2023$3,780 per active participant
2022$3,209 per active participant

Yellowstone Forever'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.

Service providers · 20241
TIAA$8,330

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$10,025 · 0.18%
2023$7,971 · 0.17%
2022$7,254 · 0.16%
Similar plansEducational Services · Montana
Carroll College MT$55.3M · 0.00%
Rocky Mountain College MT$32.6M · 0.00%
University of Providence MT$16.2M · 0.00%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 475427975 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.