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Berwick Academy403(b)

BERWICK ACADEMY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · SOUTH BERWICK, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Berwick Academy reported $41,100 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,293 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 fell from 0.17% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 86th-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 1,142nd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.14 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 210 to 264 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$36,373,033
Participants with balances306
Active participants264
Employer contributions$605,367
Employee contributions$688,210
Employer contribution per active participant$2,293
Average account balance$118,866
Benefits paid to participants$2,534,994
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$36.4M · 306 accts · $605K emplr
2023$33.7M · 297 accts · $592K emplr
2022$29.5M · 292 accts · $604K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$41,100
Total administrative$41,100
Employer contributions to the Berwick Academy plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,293
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,293 per active participant
2023$2,742 per active participant
2022$2,878 per active participant

Berwick Academy's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size. 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 · 20242
WHITNEY PENSION ASSOCIATES, INC.$22,540
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS, LLC$18,030

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$41,100 · 0.12%
2023$48,410 · 0.15%
2022$48,880 · 0.17%
Same employer
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Bowdoin College ME$276.9M · 0.01%
University of New England ME$248.8M · 0.04%
Husson University ME$67.0M · 0.17%
College of the Atlantic ME$36.3M · 0.12%
Thomas College ME$23.1M · 0.16%
Unity College ME$20.4M · 0.09%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010223755 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.