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Carolina Caring, Inc.403(b)

CAROLINA CARING RETIREMENT PLAN · NEWTON, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.47%

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

Carolina Caring, Inc. reported $64,909 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.47% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,253 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 0.38% to 0.47%. 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 866th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 4,436th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.75 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 374 to 567 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,256,812
Participants with balances583
Active participants567
Employer contributions$710,297
Employee contributions$1,240,866
Employer contribution per active participant$1,253
Average account balance$26,169
Benefits paid to participants$1,273,042
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.3M · 583 accts · $710K emplr
2023$12.7M · 318 accts · $724K emplr
2022$10.2M · 293 accts · $614K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$64,909
Total administrative$64,909
Employer contributions to the Carolina Caring, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,253
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,253 per active participant
2023$1,787 per active participant
2022$1,641 per active participant

Carolina Caring, Inc.'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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$64,553
LPL FINANCIAL LLC · Other servicesindirect comp

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$64,909 · 0.47%
2023$44,917 · 0.39%
2022$40,561 · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561242526 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.