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Manhattan School of Music403(b)

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Manhattan School of Music reported $136,123 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,840 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 0.20% to 0.24%. 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 1,223rd-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 817th 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 888 to 665 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$58,832,962
Participants with balances507
Active participants665
Employer contributions$1,223,366
Employee contributions$1,291,912
Employer contribution per active participant$1,840
Average account balance$116,041
Benefits paid to participants$5,789,476
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$58.8M · 507 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$55.2M · 492 accts · $1.0M emplr
2022$52.4M · 474 accts · $721K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$127,967
Investment management$8,106
Total administrative$136,123
Employer contributions to the Manhattan School of Music plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,840
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,840 per active participant
2023$1,252 per active participant
2022$812 per active participant

Manhattan School of Music's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20242
OSAIC · Investment advisory (plan)$83,392
THE ANGELL PENSION GROUP, INC.$8,000

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$136,123 · 0.24%
2023$113,448 · 0.21%
2022$111,766 · 0.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 131656667 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.