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Cushing Academy403(b)

CUSHING ACADEMY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · ASHBURNHAM, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Cushing Academy reported $63,837 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,413 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.122%. 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 672nd-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 868th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.05 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 201 to 172 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$53,718,054
Participants with balances404
Active participants172
Employer contributions$759,010
Employee contributions$719,823
Employer contribution per active participant$4,413
Average account balance$132,965
Benefits paid to participants$4,551,150
Plan auditDisclaimer of opinion
AuditorGRAY GRAY GRAY
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$53.7M · 404 accts · $759K emplr
2023$51.0M · 395 accts · $691K emplr
2022$45.4M · 402 accts · $645K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$29,967
Investment management$33,870
Total administrative$63,837
Employer contributions to the Cushing Academy plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,413
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,413 per active participant
2023$4,086 per active participant
2022$3,207 per active participant

Cushing Academy's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20242
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Custodial$30,542
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH · Securities brokerage$33,870

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$63,837 · 0.12%
2023$55,207 · 0.11%
2022$56,828 · 0.12%
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Landmark School, Inc. MA$54.3M · 0.23%
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Worcester Academy MA$49.7M · 0.05%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042104048 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.