11-K 1 form11k_2024.htm BOGOTA FINANCIAL CORP. FORM 11-K DECEMBER 31, 2024

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 11-K

FOR ANNUAL REPORTS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE, SAVINGS

AND SIMILAR PLANS PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

☒	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO 2 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the transition period from _______________ to _______________

Commission File Number 001-39180

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

Bogota Savings Bank 401(k) Savings Plan

B: Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

Bogota Financial Corp.

819 Teaneck Road

Teaneck, New Jersey 07666

Bogota Savings Bank

819 Teaneck Road

Teaneck, NJ 07666-4501

What is the Summary Annual Report?

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The Summary Annual Report (SAR) is a summary of a retirement plan's financial information. The following report provides a financial snapshot for BOGOTA SAVINGS BANK 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN from January 01, 2024 through December 31, 2024.

Its purpose is to summarize information on the plan's annual report for current participants, former participants with an account balance and/or beneficiaries of a participant.

You are not required to take any action, but you can request a copy of the full annual report or any individual parts of the report at any time.

The following SAR document contains information about:

•	Administrative expenses that the plan paid

•	The amount of benefits paid to participants and beneficiaries

•	The total value of plan assets

•	A pension plan's compliance with the minimum funding standards, if applicable

•	Your right to receive a copy or any part of the full annual report

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Summary Annual Report

for BOGOTA SAVINGS BANK 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN

This is a summary of the Form 5500 Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan of BOGOTA SAVINGS BANK 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN, EIN 22 0780560, for January 01, 2024 through December 31, 2024. The Form 5500 annual report has been filed with the Employee Benefits Security Administration, as required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Your plan is a single-employer 401(k) plan.

Basic financial statement

Benefits under the plan are provided by an insurance contract and a trust fund. Plan expenses were $523,713. These expenses included $40,999 in administrative expenses, $482,714 in benefits paid to participants and beneficiaries and $0 in other expenses. A total of 85 persons were participants in, or beneficiaries of, the plan at the end of the plan year, although not all of these persons had yet earned the right to receive benefits.

The value of plan assets, after subtracting liabilities of the plan, was $9,444,378 as of December 31, 2024, compared to $7,984,324 as of January 01, 2024. During the plan year, the plan experienced an increase in its

net assets of $1,460,054. This increase includes unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the value of the plan assets; that is, the difference between the value of plan's assets at the end of the year and the value of the assets at the beginning of the year or cost of assets acquired during the year. The plan had a total income of $1,983,767, including employer contributions of $413,219, employee contributions of $381,130, and earnings from investments of $1,014,399.

Your rights to additional information

You have the right to receive a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, on request. The items listed below are included in that report:

•	Financial information

•	Insurance information including sales and commissions paid by insurance carriers

•	Information regarding any common or collective trusts, pooled separate accounts, master trusts or 103-12 investment entities in which the plan participates

To obtain a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, write or call the office of the plan administrator:

Bogota Savings Bank

819 Teaneck Road

Teaneck, NJ

07666-4501

(201)862-0660

The charge to cover copying costs will be $1.00 for the full annual report or $.10 per page for any part thereof. You also have the right to receive from the plan administrator, on request and at no charge, a statement of the assets and liabilities of the plan and accompanying notes, or a statement of income and expenses of the plan and accompanying notes, or both. If you request a copy of the full annual report from the plan administrator, these two statements and accompanying notes will be included as part of that report. The charge to cover copying costs given above does not include a charge for the copying of these portions of the report because these portions are furnished without charge.

You also have the legally protected right to examine the annual report at the main office of the plan:

819 Teaneck Road

Teaneck, NJ 07666-4501

and at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. or to obtain a copy from the U.S. Department of Labor upon payment of copying costs.

Requests to the Department of Labor should be addressed to:

Public Disclosure Room, Room N-1513

Employee Benefits Security Administration,

U.S. Department of Labor,

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20210.

The full annual report can also be found online at www.efast.dol.gov.

The plan has met the requirements to waive the annual examination and report of an independent qualified public accountant. As of the end of the plan year, the following regulated financial institutions held or issued plan assets that qualified under the waiver:

Participant Loans	$203,947.00
Vanguard Group	$1,076,056.96
Principal Global Investors Trust Co	$3,577,713.28
The American Funds	$19,004.89
Legg Mason	$1,269,277.32
Dimensional Fund Advisors	$1,991.91
PIMCO Funds	$589.32
BlackRock	$106,570.11
PGIM Investments	$767.45
Janus International Holding, LLC	$18,558.77
SEI TRUST COMPANY	$27,049.72
Principal Funds Inc	$300,334.45
Fidelity Investments	$382,785.70
Wells Fargo	$972.78
Loomis Sayles	$650.90
American Century Investments	$1,079,221.82
Principal Life Insurance Company	$900,116.29
Bogota Savings Bank	$478,769.55

The plan has been issued a fidelity bond by Wesco insurance Company in the amount of $6,000,000. The bond protects the plan against losses through fraud or dishonesty and covers any person handling plan assets. You have the right to examine or receive from the plan administrator, on request and at no charge, copies of statements from the regulated financial institutions noted above describing the qualifying plan assets and evidence of the required bond. If you are unable to examine or obtain these documents, contact the Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) for assistance by calling toll-free 1.866.444.EBSA (3272). A listing of EBSA regional offices can be found at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa.

General information regarding the audit waiver conditions applicable to the plan can be found on the U.S. Department of Labor Web site at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa under the heading “Frequently Asked Questions.”

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (PRA), no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The Department notes that a Federal agency cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it is approved by OMB under the PRA, and displays a currently valid OMB control number, and the public is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. See 44 U.S.C. 3507. Also, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if the collection of information does not display a currently valid OMB control number. See 44 U.S.C. 3512.

The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average less than one minute per notice (approximately 3 hours and 11 minutes per plan). Interested parties are encouraged to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Attention: Departmental Clearance Officer, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room N-1301, Washington, DC 20210 or email DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov and reference the OMB Control Number 1210-0040.

OMB Control Number 1210-0040 (expires 03/31/2026)

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SIGNATURES

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		BOGOTA SAVINGS BANK 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN


Date: June 23, 2025	By:	/s/ Kevin Pace
		Kevin Pace
		President and Chief Executive Officer

SEC Form 11-K filed by Bogota Financial Corp.