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Morrison Center403(b)

MORRISON CENTER 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN · SCARBOROUGH, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.40%

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

Morrison Center reported $19,280 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.40% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $168 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 6 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 1.66% to 1.40%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maine (325th of 354), and 2,915th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $12.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 300 to 125 since 2018.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,532,954
Participants with balances250
Active participants125
Employer contributions$20,972
Employee contributions$258,308
Employer contribution per active participant$168
Average account balance$6,132
Benefits paid to participants$138,239
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPURDY POWERS & COMPANY
Plan history7
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.5M · 250 accts · $21K emplr
2023$1.2M · 253 accts · $74K emplr
2022$930K · 262 accts · $85K emplr
2021$953K · 245 accts · $91K emplr
2020$749K · 276 accts · $4K emplr
2019$595K · 299 accts · $75K emplr
2018$269K · 260 accts · $58K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,342
Investment management$10,938
Total administrative$19,280
Employer contributions to the Morrison Center plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$168
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$168 per active participant
2023$298 per active participant
2022$313 per active participant
2021$351 per active participant
2020$15 per active participant

Morrison Center's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$7,622
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$3,316

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

Administrative cost history7
2024$19,280 · 1.40%
2023$23,102 · 2.14%
2022$20,850 · 2.21%
2021$22,575 · 2.65%
2020$16,902 · 2.52%
2019$11,627 · 2.69%
2018$2,776 · 1.66%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010243254 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.