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Care Initiatives403(b)

CARE INITIATIVES 403 (B) GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN · WEST DES MOINES, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Care Initiatives reported $70,832 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $75 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 0.25% to 0.22%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 266th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 2,542nd of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $10.39 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 2,633 to 3,365 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$33,758,857
Participants with balances811
Active participants3,365
Employer contributions$252,447
Employee contributions$2,622,743
Employer contribution per active participant$75
Average account balance$41,626
Benefits paid to participants$4,908,452
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$33.8M · 811 accts · $252K emplr
2023$31.5M · 776 accts
2022$29.6M · 847 accts · $223K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$70,832
Total administrative$70,832
Employer contributions to the Care Initiatives plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$75
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$75 per active participant
2022$85 per active participant

Care Initiatives's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$70,832
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$70,832 · 0.22%
2023$66,304 · 0.22%
2022$85,404 · 0.25%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 760262402 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.