Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Carolina Friends School403(b)

CAROLINA FRIENDS SCHOOL DEFINED CONTRIBUTION AND TAX DEFERRED ANNUITY RETIREMENT PLAN · DURHAM, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

Carolina Friends School reported $25,426 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,000 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 0.12% to 0.11%. 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 660th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 1,458th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 121 to 137 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,838,480
Participants with balances252
Active participants137
Employer contributions$411,044
Employee contributions$605,385
Employer contribution per active participant$3,000
Average account balance$94,597
Benefits paid to participants$909,018
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTHOMAS, JUDY & TUCKER, P.A.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.8M · 252 accts · $411K emplr
2023$21.3M · 238 accts · $372K emplr
2022$19.2M · 224 accts · $324K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,426
Total administrative$25,426
Employer contributions to the Carolina Friends School plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,000
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,000 per active participant
2023$2,759 per active participant
2022$2,680 per active participant

Carolina Friends School'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 · 20242
MMA SECURITIES LLC · Securities brokerage$15,000
TIAA$10,501

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$25,426 · 0.11%
2023$27,246 · 0.13%
2022$25,638 · 0.12%
Same employer
Similar plansEducational Services · North Carolina
Cannon School, Inc. NC$27.4M · 0.17%
Chowan University NC$24.2M · 0.27%
Salem Academy and College NC$24.2M · 0.16%
Greensboro College Inc NC$24.1M · 0.03%
William Peace University NC$22.7M · 0.27%
Proctoru Inc dba Proctoru NC$22.2M · 0.46%
Measurement Incorporated NC$22.1M · 0.19%
Saint Marys School NC$20.4M · 0.02%

Why are you looking at this plan?

Compare

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560812560 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.