Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

The President & Trustees of Colby College403(b)

COLBY COLLEGE RETIREMENT PLAN · WATERVILLE, ME · 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 President & Trustees of Colby College reported $109,277 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,002 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 0.03% to 0.04%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 14th-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 197th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$297,027,676
Participants with balances1,828
Active participants996
Employer contributions$4,981,561
Employee contributions$5,635,905
Employer contribution per active participant$5,002
Average account balance$162,488
Benefits paid to participants$23,896,601
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Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$297.0M · 1,828 accts · $5.0M emplr
2023$277.9M · 1,805 accts · $4.5M emplr
2022$248.3M · 1,747 accts · $4.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$84,277
Investment management$25,000
Total administrative$109,277
Employer contributions to the The President & Trustees of Colby College plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,002
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$5,002 per active participant
2023$4,632 per active participant
2022$4,761 per active participant

The President & Trustees of Colby College's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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.

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
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$84,277
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS · Investment advisory (plan)$25,000

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$109,277 · 0.04%
2023$82,946 · 0.03%
2022$74,574 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010211497 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.