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Tennessee Association of Independent Schools403(b)

TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS MULTIPLE EMPLOYER PLAN · MEMPHIS, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Tennessee Association of Independent Schools reported $191,081 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,230 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.03% to 0.22%. 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 165th-largest of 1,496 plans among Tennessee employers on file, and the 538th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.35 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$98,441,892
Participants with balances1,275
Active participants894
Employer contributions$1,993,839
Employee contributions$2,688,475
Employer contribution per active participant$2,230
Average account balance$77,209
Benefits paid to participants$4,648,763
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$98.4M · 1,275 accts · $2.0M emplr
2023$76.5M · 1,062 accts · $128K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$177,547
Total administrative$191,081
Employer contributions to the Tennessee Association of Independent Schools plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,230
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,230 per active participant
2023$170 per active participant

Tennessee Association of Independent Schools'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 · 20245
TIAA - TEACHERS INSURANCE & ANNUITY · Contract administrator$57,456
DUNCAN WILLIAMS ASSET MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (participants)$51,914
TN ASSOC OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS · Plan administrator$36,781
PENTEGRA SERVICES, INC. · Plan administrator$23,967
PENTEGRA SERVICES, INC. · Plan administrator$9,018

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$191,081 · 0.22%
2023$23,490 · 0.03%
Similar plansEducational Services · Tennessee
Rhodes College TN$173.9M · 0.00%
Lipscomb University TN$152.2M · 0.11%
Meharry Medical College TN$136.1M · 0.18%
Baylor School Dc Plan TN$76.7M · 0.09%
Lincoln Memorial University TN$73.2M · 0.30%
Lee University TN$66.5M · 0.04%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 311772278 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.