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Carolina Meadows, Inc.403(b)

CAROLINA MEADOWS 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN · CHAPEL HILL, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

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

Carolina Meadows, Inc. reported $18,730 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,090 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 0.15% to 0.13%. 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 845th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 4,304th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.62 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 449 to 526 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,001,096
Participants with balances762
Active participants526
Employer contributions$573,486
Employee contributions$931,286
Employer contribution per active participant$1,090
Average account balance$20,999
Benefits paid to participants$1,170,826
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBERNARD ROBINSON & COMPANY
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.0M · 762 accts · $573K emplr
2023$13.9M · 695 accts · $469K emplr
2022$11.7M · 486 accts · $471K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$18,238
Investment management$492
Total administrative$18,730
Employer contributions to the Carolina Meadows, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,090
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,090 per active participant
2023$927 per active participant
2022$1,049 per active participant

Carolina Meadows, 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
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP LLC · Investment management$492

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$18,730 · 0.13%
2023$11,570 · 0.09%
2022$19,127 · 0.15%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561380014 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.