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The Cultural Institutions Retirement System401(k)

THE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS SAVINGS PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.56%

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

The Cultural Institutions Retirement System reported $3,921,446 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.56% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $365 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 0.44% to 0.56%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 159th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 12th of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, employees put in $8.45 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$724,763,352
Participants with balances10,004
Active participants8,647
Employer contributions$3,157,830
Employee contributions$26,689,420
Employer contribution per active participant$365
Average account balance$72,447
Benefits paid to participants$42,060,976
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$724.8M · 10,004 accts · $3.2M emplr
2023$674.1M · 10,329 accts · $3.3M emplr
2022$623.6M · 10,596 accts · $2.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$384,999
Investment management$109,659
Audit (IQPA)$67,500
Total administrative$3,921,446
The The Cultural Institutions Retirement System 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$365
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$365 per active participant
2023$409 per active participant
2022$369 per active participant

The Cultural Institutions Retirement System's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 202412
VOYA FINANCIAL, INC. · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$330,927
METLIFE · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$63,816
SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL · Legal$802,320
CIRS EMPLOYEE 1$201,176
CIRS EMPLOYEE 2$122,074
CIRS EMPLOYEE 3$101,344
CIRS EMPLOYEE 4$94,753
CIRS EMPLOYEE 5$81,000
NEPC LLC · Consulting$71,190
PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES, LLP · Accounting / audit$67,500
CIRS EMPLOYEE 6$65,760
CIRS EMPLOYEE 7$65,180

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024METLIFE, Voya
2023INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC.

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left The Cultural Institutions Retirement System before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$3,921,446 · 0.56%
2023$3,330,815 · 0.51%
2022$2,625,377 · 0.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 112001170 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.