Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.403(b)

RETIREMENT PLAN FOR DRAPER EMPLOYEES · CAMBRIDGE, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. reported $501,874 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $13,259 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 rose from 0.01% to 0.04%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 44th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 6th of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.98 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 2,046 to 2,451 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,308,912,497
Participants with balances4,541
Active participants2,451
Employer contributions$32,498,527
Employee contributions$16,441,315
Employer contribution per active participant$13,259
Average account balance$288,243
Benefits paid to participants$78,841,810
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.3B · 4,541 accts · $32.5M emplr
2023$1.2B · 4,372 accts · $27.1M emplr
2022$1.0B · 4,151 accts · $24.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$333,886
Investment management$96,374
Total administrative$501,874
Employer contributions to the The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$13,259
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$13,259 per active participant
2023$11,848 per active participant
2022$11,914 per active participant

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 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 · 20243
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$333,886
MERCER INVESTMENTS LLC · Investment management$96,374
GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED · Legal$59,797

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024TIAA
2023TIAA

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Administrative cost history3
2024$501,874 · 0.04%
2023$455,058 · 0.04%
2022$156,102 · 0.01%
All plans at this employer2
RETIREMENT PLAN FOR DRAPER EMPLOYEES403(b)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042505372 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.