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Hobart and William Smith Colleges403(b)

HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES RETIREMENT PLAN · GENEVA, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Hobart and William Smith Colleges reported $135,242 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,455 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 0.05% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 405th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 237th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.45 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 739 to 651 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$240,512,263
Participants with balances1,414
Active participants651
Employer contributions$2,900,365
Employee contributions$4,193,249
Employer contribution per active participant$4,455
Average account balance$170,094
Benefits paid to participants$23,837,060
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$240.5M · 1,414 accts · $2.9M emplr
2023$228.5M · 1,398 accts · $2.3M emplr
2022$208.6M · 1,592 accts · $1.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$84,642
Investment management$24,750
Audit (IQPA)$25,850
Total administrative$135,242
Employer contributions to the Hobart and William Smith Colleges plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,455
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,455 per active participant
2023$3,660 per active participant
2022$2,551 per active participant

Hobart and William Smith Colleges'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.

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 · 20245
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$84,642
BONADIO & CO. LLP · Accounting / audit$28,850
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$18,563
MAYFLOWER FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$6,188
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$135,242 · 0.06%
2023$159,081 · 0.07%
2022$119,950 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 160743040 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.