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The Fay School403(b)

THE FAY SCHOOL DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · SOUTHBOROUGH, 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 Fay School reported $16,341 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,602 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 0.04%. 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 the 825th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 1,078th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.10 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$40,162,120
Participants with balances417
Active participants148
Employer contributions$977,083
Employee contributions$1,075,184
Employer contribution per active participant$6,602
Average account balance$96,312
Benefits paid to participants$1,662,196
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCLIFTONLARSENALLEN
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$40.2M · 417 accts · $977K emplr
2023$35.1M · 417 accts · $926K emplr
2022$30.1M · 401 accts · $807K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,384
Investment management$332
Audit (IQPA)$10,625
Total administrative$16,341
Employer contributions to the The Fay School plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,602
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$6,602 per active participant
2023$6,255 per active participant
2022$5,850 per active participant

The Fay School's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20242
USI CONSULTING GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$3,878
TIAA · Accounting / audit · Claims processing$1,505

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, USI Consulting
2023TIAA, USI Consulting

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Administrative cost history3
2024$16,341 · 0.04%
2023$10,240 · 0.03%
2022$14,642 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042103573 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.