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Simpson College403(b)

SIMPSON COLLEGE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · INDIANOLA, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Simpson College reported $43,311 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,762 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 0.060%. 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 128th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 681st of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.40 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$74,775,773
Participants with balances534
Active participants209
Employer contributions$577,311
Employee contributions$809,226
Employer contribution per active participant$2,762
Average account balance$140,030
Benefits paid to participants$4,182,323
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0 · $449K emplr
2024$74.8M · 534 accts · $577K emplr
2023$69.6M · 555 accts · $562K emplr
2022$64.3M · 566 accts · $548K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$17,181
Investment management$21,300
Audit (IQPA)$4,830
Total administrative$43,311
Employer contributions to the Simpson College plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,762
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,762 per active participant
2023$2,853 per active participant
2022$2,688 per active participant

Simpson College's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$17,181
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS LLC · Investment management$21,300

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025TIAA
2024TIAA
2023TIAA

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Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$43,311 · 0.06%
2023$25,559 · 0.04%
2022$43,753 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420680389 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.