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Friends University403(b)

FRIENDS UNIVERSITY DC AND TDA PLAN · WICHITA, KS · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.27%

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

Friends University reported $97,650 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.27% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,811 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 0.13% to 0.27%. 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 177th-largest of 828 plans among Kansas employers on file, and the 1,129th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.72 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$36,908,117
Participants with balances489
Active participants250
Employer contributions$452,844
Employee contributions$780,835
Employer contribution per active participant$1,811
Average account balance$75,477
Benefits paid to participants$5,191,279
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$36.9M · 489 accts · $453K emplr
2023$36.2M · 492 accts · $415K emplr
2022$32.7M · 504 accts · $379K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$55,141
Investment management$30,844
Audit (IQPA)$11,665
Total administrative$97,650
Employer contributions to the Friends University plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,811
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,811 per active participant
2023$758 per active participant
2022$1,463 per active participant

Friends University'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
MARINER WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC · Recordkeeping$30,844
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator · Loan processing$55,141
FORVIS · Accounting / audit$11,665

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024MARINER WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC
2023ECONOMIC GROUP PENSION SERVICES INC

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Friends University before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$97,650 · 0.27%
2023$89,891 · 0.26%
2022$47,943 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 480547702 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.