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Purdue Research Foundation403(b)

PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

Purdue Research Foundation reported $60,851 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $9,550 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.07%. 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 174th-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and the 604th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.53 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 413 to 472 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$86,863,506
Participants with balances722
Active participants472
Employer contributions$4,507,758
Employee contributions$2,950,879
Employer contribution per active participant$9,550
Average account balance$120,310
Benefits paid to participants$8,928,830
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHUTH THOMPSON LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$86.9M · 722 accts · $4.5M emplr
2023$77.3M · 697 accts · $4.1M emplr
2022$68.0M · 614 accts · $3.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$29,830
Investment management$31,021
Total administrative$60,851
Employer contributions to the Purdue Research Foundation plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,550
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$9,550 per active participant
2023$8,744 per active participant
2022$8,409 per active participant

Purdue Research Foundation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20242
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$18,261

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$60,851 · 0.07%
2023$61,487 · 0.08%
2022$54,666 · 0.08%
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Hanover College IN$70.4M · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 351052049 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.