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South Texas Lighthouse for the Blind403(b)

SOUTH TEXAS LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND 403(B) PLAN · CORPUS CHRISTI, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

South Texas Lighthouse for the Blind reported $5,095 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,024 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 0.048%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Texas (2,916th of 5,688), and the 5,400th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.57 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 180 to 200 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,097,216
Participants with balances132
Active participants200
Employer contributions$204,801
Employee contributions$322,289
Employer contribution per active participant$1,024
Average account balance$84,070
Benefits paid to participants$741,783
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCARR RIGGS & INGRAM
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.1M · 132 accts · $205K emplr
2023$10.1M · 121 accts · $231K emplr
2022$8.3M · 127 accts · $205K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,095
Total administrative$5,095
Employer contributions to the South Texas Lighthouse for the Blind plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,024
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,024 per active participant
2023$1,134 per active participant
2022$1,137 per active participant

South Texas Lighthouse for the Blind's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20242
NEWPORT GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping$3,776
NEWPORT GROUP CONSULTING, LLC · Recordkeeping$1,319

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$5,095 · 0.05%
2023$6,553 · 0.07%
2022$3,744 · 0.05%
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Tei & Associates, L.L.C. TX$11.5M · 0.17%
The Gladney Center TX$10.8M · 0.02%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 741495894 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.