The Barnes Foundation403(b)
THE BARNES FOUNDATION DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · PHILADELPHIA, PA · plan year 2024
Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
The Barnes Foundation reported $37,657 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,543 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 0.32%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (2,067th of 3,651), and 1,947th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $3.12 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 232 to 204 since 2022.
The Barnes Foundation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 236000149 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.