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Newsela, Inc.401(k)

NEWSELA, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

Newsela, Inc. reported $54,199 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,197 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 fell from 0.22% to 0.20%. 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 2,066th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 827th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $9.36 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 523 to 324 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,723,713
Participants with balances605
Active participants324
Employer contributions$387,675
Employee contributions$3,629,877
Employer contribution per active participant$1,197
Average account balance$45,824
Benefits paid to participants$7,190,716
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWITHUMSMITHBROWN,P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.7M · 605 accts · $388K emplr
2023$26.3M · 747 accts · $494K emplr
2022$19.4M · 750 accts · $469K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$31,200
Investment management$22,999
Total administrative$54,199
The Newsela, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,197
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,197 per active participant
2023$1,172 per active participant
2022$897 per active participant

Newsela, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$2,275

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$54,199 · 0.20%
2023$47,036 · 0.21%
2022$40,812 · 0.22%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 471882828 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.