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Kqed Inc.403(b)

KQED INC. TAX SHELTERED ANNUITY PLAN · SAN FRANCISCO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.16%

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

Kqed Inc. reported $162,314 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.16% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,777 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 0.14% to 0.16%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 963rd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 303rd of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $3.68 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$105,050,000
Participants with balances515
Active participants410
Employer contributions$1,138,739
Employee contributions$4,194,203
Employer contribution per active participant$2,777
Average account balance$203,981
Benefits paid to participants$7,332,292
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$105.0M · 515 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$92.5M · 512 accts · $2.1M emplr
2022$79.3M · 477 accts · $1.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$77,177
Investment management$66,712
Total administrative$162,314
Employer contributions to the Kqed Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,777
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,777 per active participant
2023$6,362 per active participant
2022$3,631 per active participant

Kqed Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20244
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY O · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$77,177
GRANT THORNTON LLP · Accounting / audit$35,020
NWK GROUP INC · Investment advisory (plan)$31,362
ADVISED ASSETS GROUP, LLC · Investment management$331

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023Prudential

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Kqed Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$162,314 · 0.16%
2023$135,170 · 0.16%
2022$125,442 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 941241309 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.