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Lake Forest College403(b)

LAKE FOREST COLLEGE RETIREMENT PLAN FOR FACULTY AND STAFF · LAKE FOREST, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Lake Forest College reported $10,450 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,511 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 fell from 0.04% to 0.01%. 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 422nd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 379th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.06 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 457 to 355 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$143,166,235
Participants with balances873
Active participants355
Employer contributions$1,601,362
Employee contributions$1,693,389
Employer contribution per active participant$4,511
Average account balance$163,993
Benefits paid to participants$12,508,256
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$143.2M · 873 accts · $1.6M emplr
2023$137.0M · 861 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$126.2M · 859 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,075
Total administrative$10,450
Employer contributions to the Lake Forest College plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,511
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,511 per active participant
2023$4,518 per active participant
2022$3,334 per active participant

Lake Forest College'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 · 20242
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$1,075
LAKE FOREST COLLEGE · Investment management$9,375

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024TIAA
2023TIAA

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Administrative cost history3
2024$10,450 · 0.01%
2023$38,351 · 0.03%
2022$48,525 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362167770 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.