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Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Inc.403(b)

FRONTIER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · AMHERST, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Inc. reported $35,866 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,047 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 0.03% to 0.04%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 787th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 1,484th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.21 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$101,678,463
Participants with balances682
Active participants235
Employer contributions$1,420,989
Employee contributions$1,177,924
Employer contribution per active participant$6,047
Average account balance$149,089
Benefits paid to participants$4,258,493
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$101.7M · 682 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$91.2M · 689 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$81.2M · 707 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$35,866
Total administrative$35,866
Employer contributions to the Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,047
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$6,047 per active participant
2023$5,074 per active participant
2022$4,972 per active participant

Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Inc.'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.

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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 · 20241
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$35,866

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$35,866 · 0.04%
2023$27,875 · 0.03%
2022$24,752 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 161056814 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.