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Newberry Library403(b)

NEWBERRY LIBRARY DC RETIREMENT PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

Newberry Library reported $17,593 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,641 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 0.06% to 0.07%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 1,448th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 861st of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.70 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,087,665
Participants with balances343
Active participants92
Employer contributions$242,967
Employee contributions$412,560
Employer contribution per active participant$2,641
Average account balance$76,057
Benefits paid to participants$1,677,787
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$26.1M · 343 accts · $243K emplr
2023$24.2M · 352 accts · $274K emplr
2022$22.6M · 353 accts · $272K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$17,593
Total administrative$17,593
Employer contributions to the Newberry Library plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,641
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,641 per active participant
2023$2,981 per active participant
2022$2,921 per active participant

Newberry Library'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.

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Service providers · 20241
TIAA-CREF · Recordkeeping$17,668

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024TIAA
2023TIAA

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Administrative cost history3
2024$17,593 · 0.07%
2023$16,305 · 0.07%
2022$15,280 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362167814 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.