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Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund403(b)

403(B) THRIFT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND · LOS ANGELES, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund reported $1,133 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,967 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.

The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (4,747th of 9,483), and the 1,403rd of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.19 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,041,815
Participants with balances126
Active participants79
Employer contributions$392,392
Employee contributions$329,005
Employer contribution per active participant$4,967
Average account balance$103,506
Benefits paid to participants$449,427
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Employer contributions to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,967
Median for plans this size$2,416

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund'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
MUTUAL OF AMERICA INVESTMENT CORP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$1,415

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

Administrative cost history1
2024$1,133 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 741563270 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.