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Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation403(b)

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM FOUNDATION RETIREMENT PLAN · LOS ANGELES, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation reported $59,251 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,182 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 0.13% to 0.12%. 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 1,721st-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 194th of 1,311 in arts, entertainment & recreation. In 2024, employees put in $2.34 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 437 to 744 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$51,982,844
Participants with balances1,027
Active participants744
Employer contributions$879,615
Employee contributions$2,058,874
Employer contribution per active participant$1,182
Average account balance$50,616
Benefits paid to participants$2,975,460
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$52.0M · 1,027 accts · $880K emplr
2023$45.9M · 983 accts · $788K emplr
2022$38.5M · 689 accts · $703K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$59,091
Investment management$10
Total administrative$59,251
The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,182
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,182 per active participant
2023$1,079 per active participant
2022$1,608 per active participant

Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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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$59,251 · 0.12%
2023$53,620 · 0.13%
2022$54,995 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 956132185 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.