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Independent School Collaborative403(b)

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL COLLABORATIVE MULTIPLE EMPLOYER PLAN · GREENSBORO, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.33%

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

Independent School Collaborative reported $1,208,647 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.33% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,748 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 0.02% to 0.33%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 70th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 125th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 452 to 4,083 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$448,998,868
Participants with balances6,384
Active participants4,083
Employer contributions$7,138,690
Employee contributions$10,873,320
Employer contribution per active participant$1,748
Average account balance$70,332
Benefits paid to participants$29,056,142
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$449.0M · 6,384 accts · $7.1M emplr
2023$280.6M · 4,626 accts · $2.6M emplr
2022$51.7M · 1,028 accts · $46K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$743,474
Audit (IQPA)$465,173
Total administrative$1,208,647
Employer contributions to the Independent School Collaborative plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,748
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,748 per active participant
2023$920 per active participant
2022$101 per active participant

Independent School Collaborative's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20245
MMA SECURITIES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$278,542
PENTEGRA SERVICES, INC · Plan administrator$177,760
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL COLLABORATIVE · Consulting$153,065
MCGUIRE WOODS · Investment advisory (plan)$18,416
TIAA-TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY · Contract administrator$1,847

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$1,208,647 · 0.33%
2023$183,454 · 0.11%
2022$10,845 · 0.02%
Similar plansEducational Services · North Carolina
Duke University NC$11.0B · 0.03%
Wake Forest University NC$889.4M · 0.08%
Elon University NC$324.2M · 0.10%
Davidson College NC$205.2M · 0.06%
Campbell University NC$198.8M · 0.16%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 883645602 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.