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Faulkner University403(b)

FAULKNER UNIVERSITY TAX DEFERRED ANNUITY PLAN · MONTGOMERY, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Faulkner University reported $2,176 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,031 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 0.00% to 0.01%. 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 245th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 1,385th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $2.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 275 to 348 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,660,207
Participants with balances486
Active participants348
Employer contributions$358,658
Employee contributions$825,530
Employer contribution per active participant$1,031
Average account balance$54,856
Benefits paid to participants$1,761,066
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJACKSON THORNTON ADVISORS LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$26.7M · 486 accts · $359K emplr
2023$23.8M · 465 accts · $54K emplr
2022$20.0M · 416 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,176
Total administrative$2,176
Employer contributions to the Faulkner University plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,031
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,031 per active participant
2023$136 per active participant

Faulkner University's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20242
TRANSAMERICA · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$40
TIAA · Custodial (securities)$625

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$2,176 · 0.01%
2023$2,342 · 0.01%
2022$403 · 0.00%
Similar plansEducational Services · Alabama
Huntingdon College AL$33.5M · 0.35%
The Montgomery Academy AL$27.4M · 0.16%
Randolph School AL$26.4M · 0.19%
St. Paul's Episcopal School AL$23.7M · 0.00%
The Altamont School AL$16.8M · 0.17%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630329409 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.