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Sacred Heart University Incorporated403(b)

SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN · FAIRFIELD, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Sacred Heart University Incorporated reported $437,359 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,570 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 rose from 0.14% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 79th-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 188th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.08 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,276 to 4,574 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$307,541,311
Participants with balances2,250
Active participants4,574
Employer contributions$7,179,043
Employee contributions$7,747,446
Employer contribution per active participant$1,570
Average account balance$136,685
Benefits paid to participants$14,875,938
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$307.5M · 2,250 accts · $7.2M emplr
2023$271.7M · 2,164 accts · $6.5M emplr
2022$233.0M · 2,192 accts · $5.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$437,359
Total administrative$437,359
Employer contributions to the Sacred Heart University Incorporated plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,570
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,570 per active participant
2023$4,491 per active participant
2022$4,110 per active participant

Sacred Heart University Incorporated's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 · 20243
TIAA · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$368,782
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$52,582
CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN LLP · Accounting / audit$17,275

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024TIAA
2023TIAA

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Administrative cost history3
2024$437,359 · 0.15%
2023$412,067 · 0.16%
2022$355,698 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 060776644 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.