ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$5M
Total assets Small plan by assets
16
Participants Small participant base
45th
Percentile by assets National rank
$315,756
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. · Colorado · Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

$5M in assets, 16 participants

Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc.'s Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $5M in total assets and 16 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 45th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #592 in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,288 peers)

What the 2023 filing shows

Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $5M for 16 participants - about $315,756 per participant, in the lower half of filed plans by assets.

#592
in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,288 peers)
-7.6%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $416K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing and all filers

Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$5,052,093 45th percentile higher than 45% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (16 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $1M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$416K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $5M in the plan year 2022 filing to $5M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 15 in the plan year 2022 filing to 16 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 841171515 · Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $5M · 16 · 45th

  • 5500 $5M
  • ASSETS 16
  • PCT 45th
  • EIN ESOP
  • RANK near Fargo Glass & Paint Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • PHOTO ind #592

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with What is an ESOP? → · Plans in Colorado →

Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$5M
Net Assets (End of Year)$5M
Net Income-$416K
Employer EIN841171515
Plan Effective Date2000-03-24
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6M 2.6684163279532345% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4.8M$5M$5.2M$5.4M$5.6M$5.8M 202220232024 $5.47M $5.61M ▲ +2.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 15 $5M
2023 1 16 $5M
2024 1 17 $6M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Colorado

Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500050010001500 -1000100200300400500 Total assets ($M) Participants Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 5.052093 · Participants: 16Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAlpine Lumber Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 385.149702 · Participants: 581Alpine Lumber Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanTrinidad Benham Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 266.310908 · Participants: 776Trinidad Benham Corp. Employee Stock Ownership PlanEnvision Management Holding, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 211.311494 · Participants: 1075Envision Management Holding, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanBrown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 209.447754 · Participants: 206Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanHercules Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 106.310439 · Participants: 444Hercules Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants
Compare Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Colorado, the nearest ESOP by assets is Fargo Glass & Paint Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan in ND ($5M); by covered participants it is Tgc Consolidated Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AZ (16 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (16 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan pulled back noticeably - down 7.6% during 2023, from $5M to $5M. Reported net income was -$416K.
How have Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 2.7%, from $5M to $6M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Fargo Glass & Paint Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan in ND ($5M, 82 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bittersweet Turf Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Tgc Consolidated Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AZ (16 participants, N/A in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 841171515.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.