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Liberty Science Center403(b)

LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · JERSEY CITY, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Liberty Science Center reported $1,411 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,756 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 0.00% to 0.01%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other arts, entertainment & recreation employers. By assets it is the 871st-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 336th of 1,311 in arts, entertainment & recreation. In 2024, employees put in $1.05 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 73 to 99 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,646,905
Participants with balances477
Active participants99
Employer contributions$470,811
Employee contributions$494,806
Employer contribution per active participant$4,756
Average account balance$57,960
Benefits paid to participants$2,676,655
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPKF O'CONNOR DAVIES,LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.6M · 477 accts · $471K emplr
2023$26.1M · 483 accts · $415K emplr
2022$23.0M · 487 accts · $366K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$27
Total administrative$1,411
Employer contributions to the Liberty Science Center plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,756
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,756 per active participant
2023$5,000 per active participant
2022$5,015 per active participant

Liberty Science Center's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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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 · 20241

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$1,411 · 0.01%
2023$75 · 0.00%
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 222302253 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.