The Waters Senior Living Management 401(k) Review & Grade
The Waters 401(k) Retirement Plan
Minnetonka, MNReal Estate & Rental1,654 active participantsPlan year 2024
Estimate from the plan's Form 5500 filing · How we grade
$330Employer $ per active participant
$703Employee $ saved per active participant
0.60%Direct admin cost, % of plan assets
$10.4MNet plan assets, end of year
–Average balance per account (account count looks misreported)
Score breakdown
- Employer generosity6.9 / 5014th percentile for employer $ per participant
- Low cost4.4 / 2517th percentile for low admin cost vs. same-size plans
- Employee saving0.7 / 155th percentile for employee $ per participant
- Plan features3 / 10Default investment
Total score15 / 100 · Grade F
This plan vs. peers
Peers: Real Estate & Rental plans with 500–2,499 active participants (291 plans).
| Measure | Percentile |
|---|---|
| Employer $ per participant | 14th |
| Lower admin cost | 17th |
| Employee saving | 5th |
| Peers that auto-enroll | 47% |
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Red flags from the filing
No red flags were reported on this filing's compliance questions.
What to do if you're in this plan
- Waters Senior Living Management put in about $330 per active participant, below the typical peer ($1,279). Any match is still an instant return, so contribute enough to get all of it.
- The filing shows total dollars, not the match formula. Ask HR for the Summary Plan Description so you know the exact match and vesting schedule.
- Direct plan expenses (0.60% of assets) are well above similar-size plans (0.23%). Check your annual fee disclosure, choose low-cost index funds if you can, and think about whether savings beyond the match belong in an IRA.
- Changing jobs? You can usually leave the money in the plan, move it to your new employer's plan, or roll it into an IRA. Don't cash out: you'd owe taxes and possibly a 10% penalty.
The raw numbers from the filing
| Employer contributions | $545,505 |
| Participant (employee) contributions | $1,163,299 |
| Other contributions (incl. rollovers in) | $67,081 |
| Administrative expenses paid from the plan | $59,380 |
| Contract administrator fees | $36,789 |
| Investment advisory & management fees | $22,591 |
| Benefits paid out | $1,943,282 |
| Net assets, start / end of year | $9.4M / $10.4M |
| Active participants, start / end of year | 1,375 / 1,934 |
| Participants with account balances | 378 |
| Auto-enrollment (feature code 2S) | Not reported |
| Auditor | Wipfli, LLP |
Largest service providers (Schedule C)
| Stancorp Financial Group | $38,994 reported compensation |
| Christensen Group Financial, LLC | $22,591 reported compensation |
| Wipfli, LLP | $12,500 reported compensation |
Source: DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 filing, acknowledgment ID 20250923165150NAL0006657841001, received 2025-09-23, EIN 47-2261071, plan #001, plan year 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31. Verify at efast.dol.gov.