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Education Northwest403(b)

EDUCATION NORTHWEST DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN · PORTLAND, OR · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

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

Education Northwest reported $88,804 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $14,121 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 fell from 0.15% 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 134th-largest of 1,021 plans among Oregon employers on file, and the 706th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $2.28 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 89 to 77 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$70,456,005
Participants with balances458
Active participants77
Employer contributions$1,087,326
Employee contributions$476,266
Employer contribution per active participant$14,121
Average account balance$153,834
Benefits paid to participants$5,204,238
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMCDONALD JACOBS, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$70.5M · 458 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$66.5M · 477 accts · $1.0M emplr
2022$61.1M · 488 accts · $994K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$40,189
Investment management$33,415
Audit (IQPA)$15,200
Total administrative$88,804
Employer contributions to the Education Northwest plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$14,121
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$14,121 per active participant
2023$13,173 per active participant
2022$11,165 per active participant

Education Northwest's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. 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
MULTNOMAH GROUP, INC$33,415
MCDONALD JACOBS$15,200

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$88,804 · 0.13%
2023$83,933 · 0.13%
2022$102,127 · 0.15%
Similar plansEducational Services · Oregon
Willamette University OR$211.9M · 0.05%
Kindercare Education LLC OR$199.6M · 0.45%
Nwea OR$156.7M · 0.08%
Linfield University OR$135.3M · 0.10%
Oregon Episcopal School OR$60.8M · 0.08%
Catlin Gabel School OR$52.5M · 0.10%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 930553346 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.