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Palmer College Foundation D/B/A Palmer College of Chiropractic403(b)

PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC 403(B) PLAN · DAVENPORT, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Palmer College Foundation D/B/A Palmer College of Chiropractic reported $27,211 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,354 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 0.11% to 0.04%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 157th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 786th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.21 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 410 to 366 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$61,834,422
Participants with balances508
Active participants366
Employer contributions$1,959,547
Employee contributions$2,371,226
Employer contribution per active participant$5,354
Average account balance$121,721
Benefits paid to participants$9,855,253
Plan auditDisclaimer of opinion
AuditorBT&CO., P.A.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$61.8M · 508 accts · $2.0M emplr
2023$59.8M · 524 accts · $2.0M emplr
2022$54.1M · 526 accts · $2.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$27,211
Total administrative$27,211
Employer contributions to the Palmer College Foundation D/B/A Palmer College of Chiropractic plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,354
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,354 per active participant
2023$5,023 per active participant
2022$4,811 per active participant

Palmer College Foundation D/B/A Palmer College of Chiropractic's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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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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

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$27,211 · 0.04%
2023$12,634 · 0.02%
2022$63,256 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 426081293 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.