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Morristown Beard School403(b)

MORRISTOWN-BEARD SCHOOL DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · MORRISTOWN, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Morristown Beard School reported $51,192 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,205 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 0.09% to 0.10%. 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 562nd-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 890th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 181 to 216 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$51,701,586
Participants with balances438
Active participants216
Employer contributions$1,124,381
Employee contributions$1,129,150
Employer contribution per active participant$5,205
Average account balance$118,040
Benefits paid to participants$4,201,970
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$51.7M · 438 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$47.7M · 432 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$41.7M · 426 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$51,192
Total administrative$51,192
Employer contributions to the Morristown Beard School plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,205
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,205 per active participant
2023$4,749 per active participant
2022$5,711 per active participant

Morristown Beard School'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.

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$22,584
PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES LLP · Accounting / audit$13,780
PLAN PILOT, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$11,025

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$51,192 · 0.10%
2023$34,062 · 0.08%
2022$40,704 · 0.09%
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The Pennington School NJ$47.6M · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 221487252 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.