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The Maryland School for the Blind403(b)

MSB 403(B) RETIREMENT PROGRAM · BALTIMORE, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

The Maryland School for the Blind reported $25,011 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,126 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 0.02% to 0.07%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 427th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 1,166th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.12 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$35,018,932
Participants with balances438
Active participants399
Employer contributions$1,247,273
Employee contributions$1,401,176
Employer contribution per active participant$3,126
Average account balance$79,952
Benefits paid to participants$3,565,487
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$35.0M · 438 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$32.2M · 451 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$27.6M · 388 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,011
Total administrative$25,011
Employer contributions to the The Maryland School for the Blind plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,126
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,126 per active participant
2023$2,864 per active participant
2022$2,532 per active participant

The Maryland School for the Blind's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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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$25,011 · 0.07%
2023$6,948 · 0.02%
2022$5,093 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 520584118 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.