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Cfa Institute401(k)

CFA INSTITUTE 401(K) PLAN · CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Cfa Institute reported $62,463 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $17,558 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 0.02% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 137th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 238th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.47 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$240,395,317
Participants with balances728
Active participants403
Employer contributions$7,075,741
Employee contributions$4,801,914
Employer contribution per active participant$17,558
Average account balance$330,213
Benefits paid to participants$18,885,049
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$240.4M · 728 accts · $7.1M emplr
2023$216.5M · 754 accts · $7.0M emplr
2022$182.5M · 739 accts · $6.9M emplr
The Cfa Institute 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$17,558
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$17,558 per active participant
2023$16,844 per active participant
2022$17,673 per active participant

Cfa Institute's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Trustee (directed)$3,595
VANGUARD ADVISERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$60,588

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$62,463 · 0.03%
2023$46,189 · 0.02%
2022$33,093 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 541386480 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.