Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, Inc403(b)

CAIS MULTIPLE EMPLOYER PLAN · MYSTIC, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

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

Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, Inc reported $281,272 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,776 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 0.03% to 0.13%. 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 92nd-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 223rd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.44 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 620 to 1,195 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$256,834,202
Participants with balances2,646
Active participants1,195
Employer contributions$3,317,282
Employee contributions$4,780,884
Employer contribution per active participant$2,776
Average account balance$97,065
Benefits paid to participants$13,339,904
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$256.8M · 2,646 accts · $3.3M emplr
2023$183.3M · 2,130 accts · $2.5M emplr
2022$112.8M · 1,627 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$274,049
Audit (IQPA)$7,223
Total administrative$281,272
Employer contributions to the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, Inc plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,776
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,776 per active participant
2023$2,752 per active participant
2022$1,653 per active participant

Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20244
TIAA · Contract administrator$124,124
PENTEGRA SERVICES, INC. · Plan administrator$56,012
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$55,000
CLIFTONLARSONALLEN, LLP · Accounting / audit$39,012

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$281,272 · 0.13%
2023$232,270 · 0.16%
2022$37,860 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 060848965 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.