The Aspen Institute403(b)
TIAA-CREF RETIREMENT PLAN FOR ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE ASPEN INST. · WASHINGTON, DC · plan year 2024
Peer grade: A · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
The Aspen Institute reported $2,976 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $12,630 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 0.002%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 60th-largest of 618 plans among District of Columbia employers on file, and the 90th of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.31 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.
The Aspen Institute's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 840399006 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.