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Southern California Institute of Architecture401(k)

SCI-ARC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · LOS ANGELES, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Southern California Institute of Architecture reported $2,642 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,848 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 fell from 0.02% to 0.01%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 3,496th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and 1,560th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.69 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 110 to 98 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$21,145,858
Participants with balances111
Active participants98
Employer contributions$573,077
Employee contributions$967,414
Employer contribution per active participant$5,848
Average account balance$190,503
Benefits paid to participants$467,563
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$21.1M · 111 accts · $573K emplr
2023$17.7M · 111 accts · $573K emplr
2022$14.1M · 109 accts · $556K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,642
Total administrative$2,642
The Southern California Institute of Architecture 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,848
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,848 per active participant
2023$5,255 per active participant
2022$5,052 per active participant

Southern California Institute of Architecture's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20244
NATIONAL BENEFITS SERRVICES LLC · Recordkeeping · Other services$2,152
NATIONWIDE · Investment advisory (participants)$50,234
PROACCOUNT · Investment advisory (participants)$372
FINANCIAL SENSE SECURITIES, INC · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024NATIONAL BENEFITS SERRVICES LLC
2023NATIONAL BENEFITS SERRVICES LLC, Nationwide

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Southern California Institute of Architecture before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$2,642 · 0.01%
2023$95,425 · 0.60%
2022$2,282 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952789388 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.