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Southwest Boston Senior Svcs Inc. D/B/A Ethos403(b)

ETHOS RETIREMENT PLAN · JAMAICA PLAIN, MA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.42%

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

Southwest Boston Senior Svcs Inc. D/B/A Ethos reported $35,215 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.42% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $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 rose from 0.39% to 0.42%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (1,976th of 2,726), and 6,067th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2025, employees put in $4.23 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 119 to 188 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,986,399
Participants with balances161
Active participants188
Employer contributions$104,316
Employee contributions$440,849
Employer contribution per active participant$555
Average account balance$55,816
Benefits paid to participants$509,740
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$9.0M · 161 accts · $104K emplr
2024$7.8M · 164 accts · $86K emplr
2023$6.6M · 159 accts · $76K emplr
2022$5.6M · 142 accts · $139K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$34,990
Total administrative$35,215
Employer contributions to the Southwest Boston Senior Svcs Inc. D/B/A Ethos plan · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$555
Median for plans this size$1,464
2025$555 per active participant
2024$438 per active participant
2023$561 per active participant
2022$1,171 per active participant

Southwest Boston Senior Svcs Inc. D/B/A Ethos's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $1,464 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC$35,215

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$35,215 · 0.42%
2024$30,929 · 0.43%
2023$25,059 · 0.41%
2022$23,190 · 0.39%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 237304163 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.