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Chicago Public Media, Inc.403(b)

THE CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA, INC. TAX DEFERRED ANNUITY (TDA) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.25%

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

Chicago Public Media, Inc. reported $64,204 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.25% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,079 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 0.20% to 0.25%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 1,402nd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 834th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $2.33 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,424,765
Participants with balances337
Active participants136
Employer contributions$418,691
Employee contributions$977,606
Employer contribution per active participant$3,079
Average account balance$81,379
Benefits paid to participants$2,392,258
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.4M · 337 accts · $419K emplr
2023$24.8M · 334 accts · $408K emplr
2022$21.1M · 331 accts · $358K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$41,780
Investment management$22,424
Total administrative$64,204
Employer contributions to the Chicago Public Media, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,079
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,079 per active participant
2023$2,833 per active participant
2022$2,436 per active participant

Chicago Public Media, 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 · 20242
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$41,780
PLANPILOT, LLC · Consulting$22,424

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$64,204 · 0.25%
2023$45,923 · 0.20%
2022$44,653 · 0.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363687394 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.