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Sesame Workshop401(k)

SESAME WORKSHOP 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.12%

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

Sesame Workshop reported $206,769 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.12% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,555 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 fell from 0.20% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 529th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 211th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2025, employees put in $1.92 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 825 to 266 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$174,114,376
Participants with balances619
Active participants266
Employer contributions$2,009,583
Employee contributions$3,851,250
Employer contribution per active participant$7,555
Average account balance$281,283
Benefits paid to participants$25,874,632
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$174.1M · 619 accts · $2.0M emplr
2024$167.9M · 717 accts · $4.5M emplr
2023$147.3M · 737 accts · $4.2M emplr
2022$126.1M · 683 accts · $4.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$70,960
Investment management$134,528
Total administrative$206,769
The Sesame Workshop 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$7,555
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$7,555 per active participant
2024$4,887 per active participant
2023$4,442 per active participant
2022$4,800 per active participant

Sesame Workshop's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
VANGUARD GROUP INC. · Recordkeeping · Custodial$71,700
ONEDIGITAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$134,528

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Vanguard
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history4
2025$206,769 · 0.12%
2024$211,983 · 0.13%
2023$186,765 · 0.14%
2022$281,675 · 0.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 132655731 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.