The Governing Committee of the Section 403(B) Defined Contribution403(b)
SECTION 403(B) DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN FOR TAX-EXEMPT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN VIRGINIA · RICHMOND, VA · plan year 2024
Peer grade: C · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
The Governing Committee of the Section 403(B) Defined Contribution reported $3,110,588 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.26% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,253 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 0.265%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 40th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 40th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 5,192 to 6,105 since 2022.
The Governing Committee of the Section 403(B) Defined Contribution's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 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 824833402 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.