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Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc.DC plan

403(B) THRIFT PLAN OF GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND, INC. · SMITHTOWN, NY · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.01%

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

Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. reported $1,089 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,388 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.005% to 0.011%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 2,362nd-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 3,426th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2023, employees put in $1.35 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 156 to 116 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,159,851
Participants with balances182
Active participants116
Employer contributions$509,000
Employee contributions$687,706
Employer contribution per active participant$4,388
Average account balance$121,757
Benefits paid to participants$1,543,457
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCERINI & ASSOCIATES, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.5M · 189 accts · $544K emplr
2023$22.2M · 182 accts · $509K emplr
2022$19.4M · 172 accts · $512K emplr
Employer contributions to the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. plan · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$4,388
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$3,357 per active participant
2023$4,388 per active participant
2022$3,281 per active participant

Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
MUTUAL OF AMERICA INVESTMENT CORP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$1,089

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Mutual of America
2023Mutual of America

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Administrative cost history3
2024$2,377 · 0.01%
2023$1,089 · 0.01%
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 111687477 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.