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Brown University403(b)

BROWN UNIVERSITY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION LEGACY RETIREMENT PLAN · PROVIDENCE, RI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Brown University reported $194,243 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,945 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 0.007% to 0.013%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 6th-largest of 286 plans among Rhode Island employers on file, and the 37th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,487,677,264
Participants with balances3,554
Active participants1,205
Employer contributions$8,369,085
Employee contributions$9,425,385
Employer contribution per active participant$6,945
Average account balance$418,592
Benefits paid to participants$102,998,241
Plan auditDisclaimer of opinion
AuditorKPMG LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.5B · 3,554 accts · $8.4M emplr
2023$1.4B · 3,750 accts · $8.5M emplr
2022$1.3B · 3,973 accts · $8.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$146,982
Investment management$47,231
Total administrative$194,243
Employer contributions to the Brown University plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,945
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$6,945 per active participant
2023$6,751 per active participant
2022$6,480 per active participant

Brown University's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 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 · 20244
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$73,814
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$530
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$41,230

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024TIAA, Transamerica
2023TIAA, Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$194,243 · 0.01%
2023$247,377 · 0.02%
2022$94,758 · 0.01%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 050258809 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.