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Buckelew Programs, Inc.403(b)

BUCKELEW PROGRAMS 403(B) RETIREMENT PROGRAM · NOVATO, CA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.22%

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

Buckelew Programs, Inc. reported $7,766 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $739 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.27% to 0.22%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (7,504th of 9,483), and 8,733rd of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2023, employees put in $2.28 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,735,922
Participants with balances147
Active participants187
Employer contributions$138,197
Employee contributions$314,581
Employer contribution per active participant$739
Average account balance$25,414
Benefits paid to participants$581,472
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$3.7M · 147 accts · $138K emplr
2022$3.3M · 98 accts · $93K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,766
Total administrative$7,766
Employer contributions to the Buckelew Programs, Inc. plan · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$739
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$739 per active participant
2022$572 per active participant

Buckelew Programs, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
NEWPORT GROUP, INC. · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$7,766

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$7,766 · 0.22%
2022$9,662 · 0.27%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 237088977 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.