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Menlo College403(b)

MENLO COLLEGE 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN · ATHERTON, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Menlo College reported $30,022 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,622 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 0.11% to 0.09%. 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 2,480th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 1,209th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $2.41 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 130 to 111 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$33,268,684
Participants with balances365
Active participants111
Employer contributions$290,988
Employee contributions$701,159
Employer contribution per active participant$2,622
Average account balance$91,147
Benefits paid to participants$2,806,938
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0
2024$33.3M · 365 accts · $291K emplr
2023$31.0M · 377 accts · $794K emplr
2022$26.1M · 354 accts · $847K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$30,022
Total administrative$30,022
The Menlo College 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,622
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,622 per active participant
2023$5,927 per active participant
2022$6,515 per active participant

Menlo College'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.

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 · 20243
TIAA-CREF$13,601
CBIZ INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, · Investment advisory (plan)$10,953
SAGEVIEW ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$5,543

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

Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$30,022 · 0.09%
2023$38,824 · 0.14%
2022$29,860 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 943204136 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.