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Garrison Forest School, Inc.403(b)

GARRISON FOREST SCHOOL TAX SHELTERED ANNUITY SAVINGS PLAN · OWINGS MILLS, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.29%

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

Garrison Forest School, Inc. reported $102,350 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.29% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,719 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 0.19% to 0.29%. 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 407th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 1,125th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.83 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 206 to 179 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$36,973,718
Participants with balances398
Active participants179
Employer contributions$486,728
Employee contributions$889,709
Employer contribution per active participant$2,719
Average account balance$92,899
Benefits paid to participants$2,325,925
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0 · $242K emplr
2024$37.0M · 398 accts · $487K emplr
2023$33.8M · 390 accts · $420K emplr
2022$30.7M · 403 accts · $414K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$102,350
Total administrative$102,350
Employer contributions to the Garrison Forest School, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,719
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,719 per active participant
2023$2,020 per active participant
2022$2,011 per active participant

Garrison Forest School, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above 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
ONEDIGITAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$37,001
TIAA · Contract administrator$36,699
RSM US LLP · Accounting / audit$28,250

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

Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$102,350 · 0.29%
2023$55,653 · 0.17%
2022$63,638 · 0.19%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 520591516 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.