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Propel Schools403(b)

PROPEL SCHOOLS 403(B) PLAN · PITTSBURGH, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

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

Propel Schools reported $26,487 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,395 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 10 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.22% to 0.13%. 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 1,421st-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 1,488th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.86 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 170 to 593 since 2014.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,903,774
Participants with balances767
Active participants593
Employer contributions$2,606,257
Employee contributions$1,398,111
Employer contribution per active participant$4,395
Average account balance$29,862
Benefits paid to participants$2,155,231
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorGOFF BACKA ALFERA & COMPANY LLC
Plan history9
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.9M · 767 accts · $2.6M emplr
2023$18.6M · 833 accts · $2.3M emplr
2022$14.1M · 782 accts · $2.2M emplr
2019$7.7M · 749 accts · $1.8M emplr
2018$4.7M · 555 accts · $1.1M emplr
2017$4.1M · 480 accts · $613K emplr
2016$2.6M · 500 accts · $484K emplr
2015$1.4M · 305 accts · $329K emplr
2014$790K · 212 accts · $202K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$19,309
Investment management$7,178
Total administrative$26,487
Employer contributions to the Propel Schools plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,395
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,395 per active participant
2023$4,326 per active participant
2022$4,531 per active participant
2019$3,497 per active participant
2018$2,375 per active participant

Propel Schools's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$7,178
M2B RETIREMENT CONSULTING LLC · Contract administrator$1,450

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

Administrative cost history9
2024$26,487 · 0.13%
2023$48,062 · 0.29%
2022$81,296 · 0.56%
2019$8,639 · 0.14%
2018$6,621 · 0.15%
2017$446 · 0.01%
2016Not separately reported
2015$1,254 · 0.11%
2014$1,229 · 0.22%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 030483260 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.