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Democracy Prep Public Schools, Inc.403(b)

DEMOCRACY PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.66%

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

Democracy Prep Public Schools, Inc. reported $293,681 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.66% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,557 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 7 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.53% to 0.66%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 1,437th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 973rd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.97 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,376 to 594 since 2017.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$46,358,038
Participants with balances1,299
Active participants594
Employer contributions$925,090
Employee contributions$1,821,397
Employer contribution per active participant$1,557
Average account balance$35,687
Benefits paid to participants$4,651,322
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history7
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$46.4M · 1,299 accts · $925K emplr
2023$42.2M · 972 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$37.9M · 1,296 accts · $539K emplr
2020$40.0M · $2.2M emplr
2019$28.8M · 1,835 accts · $1.7M emplr
2018$24.3M · 1,732 accts · $1.5M emplr
2017$20.3M · 1,732 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$293,681
Total administrative$293,681
Employer contributions to the Democracy Prep Public Schools, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,557
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,557 per active participant
2023$1,804 per active participant
2022$661 per active participant
2020$3,291 per active participant
2019$5,224 per active participant

Democracy Prep Public Schools, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20243
THE DAVID J YVARS GROUP$125,994
CONCIERGE RETIREMENT SERVICES, INC · Contract administrator$123,823
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SERVI$41,164

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

Administrative cost history7
2024$293,681 · 0.66%
2023$288,153 · 0.72%
2022$223,774 · 0.62%
2020$131,752 · 0.38%
2019$89,433 · 0.33%
2018$93,042 · 0.42%
2017$93,042 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 202629354 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.