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National Cable Satellite Corp D/B/A C-Span403(b)

NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. D/B/A C-SPAN 403(B) PLAN · WASHINGTON, DC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

National Cable Satellite Corp D/B/A C-Span reported $57,032 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $9,102 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 0.04% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 88th-largest of 618 plans among District of Columbia employers on file, and the 287th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$113,999,988
Participants with balances280
Active participants181
Employer contributions$1,647,431
Employee contributions$2,147,718
Employer contribution per active participant$9,102
Average account balance$407,143
Benefits paid to participants$14,767,475
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$114.0M · 280 accts · $1.6M emplr
2023$108.5M · 343 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$93.7M · 325 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$52,496
Investment management$4,536
Total administrative$57,032
Employer contributions to the National Cable Satellite Corp D/B/A C-Span plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,102
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$9,102 per active participant
2023$10,444 per active participant
2022$8,380 per active participant

National Cable Satellite Corp D/B/A C-Span's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$52,496
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$57,032 · 0.05%
2023$55,337 · 0.05%
2022$47,597 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 840751854 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.