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Columbia Academy Lc401(k)

COLUMBIA ACADEMY 401(K) PLAN · FULTON, MD · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
1.08%

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

Columbia Academy Lc reported $19,780 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 1.08% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,695 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 has held roughly steady near 1.08%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,519th of 1,671), and 9,995th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2023, employees put in $1.79 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,065,787
Participants with balances160
Active participants96
Employer contributions$162,748
Employee contributions$291,278
Employer contribution per active participant$1,695
Average account balance$12,911
Benefits paid to participants$215,002
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorGELMAN, ROSENBERG AND FREEDMAN
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $73K emplr
2023$2.1M · 160 accts · $163K emplr
2022$1.6M · 149 accts · $128K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$11,850
Investment management$7,930
Total administrative$19,780
The Columbia Academy Lc 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,695
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$1,695 per active participant
2022$1,408 per active participant

Columbia Academy Lc's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$11,850
SNOWDEN CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$7,930

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

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$19,780 · 1.08%
2022$19,562 · 1.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 541800967 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.