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Candid403(b)

CANDID DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.11%

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

Candid reported $100,412 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.11% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,815 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 0.00% to 0.11%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 812th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 316th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2025, the employer put in $1.25 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 328 to 264 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$97,699,080
Participants with balances513
Active participants264
Employer contributions$2,063,190
Employee contributions$1,655,898
Employer contribution per active participant$7,815
Average account balance$190,447
Benefits paid to participants$3,735,811
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$97.7M · 513 accts · $2.1M emplr
2024$85.3M · 517 accts · $1.9M emplr
2023$76.5M · 498 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$45.1M · 499 accts · $1.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,938
Investment management$62,960
Audit (IQPA)$28,514
Total administrative$100,412
Employer contributions to the Candid plan · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$7,815
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$7,815 per active participant
2024$7,112 per active participant
2023$6,704 per active participant
2022$5,008 per active participant

Candid's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,093 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
TIAA · Recordkeeping$9,087
USI ADVISORS, INC. · Investment management$62,960
PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES LLP · Accounting / audit$28,514

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$100,412 · 0.11%
2024$63,967 · 0.08%
2023$117 · 0.00%
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 131837418 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.