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Sarah Lawrence College403(b)

SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN · BRONXVILLE, NY · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.03%

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

Sarah Lawrence College reported $67,484 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,382 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 rose from 0.026% to 0.033%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 446th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 267th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2025, the employer put in $1.23 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$213,402,026
Participants with balances1,023
Active participants678
Employer contributions$2,292,742
Employee contributions$1,862,737
Employer contribution per active participant$3,382
Average account balance$208,604
Benefits paid to participants$10,003,047
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$213.4M · 1,023 accts · $2.3M emplr
2024$192.0M · 1,042 accts · $2.3M emplr
2023$178.6M · 1,098 accts · $2.1M emplr
2022$162.5M · 1,085 accts · $2.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$67,484
Total administrative$67,484
Employer contributions to the Sarah Lawrence College plan · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,382
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$3,382 per active participant
2024$3,819 per active participant
2023$3,472 per active participant
2022$3,588 per active participant

Sarah Lawrence College's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,093 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.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
SENTINEL PENSION ADVISORS$36,000
CARON & BLETZER, PLLC$18,000
THE ANGELL PENSION GROUP, INC.$12,316

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$67,484 · 0.03%
2024$89,578 · 0.05%
2023$47,965 · 0.03%
2022$46,094 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 237223216 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.