Nichols School of Buffalo403(b)
NICHOLS SCHOOL TIAA-CREF RETIREMENT PLAN · BUFFALO, NY · plan year 2024
Peer grade: A- · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Nichols School of Buffalo reported $15,679 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,052 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 0.07% to 0.04%. 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 1,467th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 994th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.61 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.
Nichols School of Buffalo'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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 160755808 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.