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Carolina Day School, Inc.403(b)

CAROLINA DAY SCHOOL DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · ASHEVILLE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.43%

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

Carolina Day School, Inc. reported $66,766 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.43% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,506 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 0.37% to 0.43%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 838th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and 1,759th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.06 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 223 to 187 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,164,596
Participants with balances334
Active participants187
Employer contributions$468,645
Employee contributions$443,860
Employer contribution per active participant$2,506
Average account balance$48,397
Benefits paid to participants$1,783,469
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.2M · 334 accts · $469K emplr
2023$15.0M · 338 accts · $402K emplr
2022$13.0M · 334 accts · $159K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$47,501
Investment management$19,265
Total administrative$66,766
The Carolina Day School, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,506
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,506 per active participant
2023$2,393 per active participant
2022$711 per active participant

Carolina Day School, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20243
TIAA- TEACHERS GROUP & ANNUITY · Recordkeeping$25,506
MILLENIUM ADVISORY SERVICES, INC · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$27,569
TRG ADVISORS, INC · Investment advisory (plan) · Named fiduciary$13,841

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
2023TIAA

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Administrative cost history3
2024$66,766 · 0.43%
2023$54,582 · 0.39%
2022$53,693 · 0.37%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560125490 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.