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The Spence School403(b)

THE SPENCE SCHOOL RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

The Spence School reported $39,776 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,577 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 0.02% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 623rd-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 398th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$137,309,535
Participants with balances680
Active participants343
Employer contributions$2,255,753
Employee contributions$2,969,426
Employer contribution per active participant$6,577
Average account balance$201,926
Benefits paid to participants$7,274,303
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$137.3M · 680 accts · $2.3M emplr
2023$124.5M · 677 accts · $2.2M emplr
2022$110.5M · 654 accts · $2.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$39,776
Total administrative$39,776
Employer contributions to the The Spence School plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,577
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$6,577 per active participant
2023$6,071 per active participant
2022$6,394 per active participant

The Spence School's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20241
TIAA$39,776

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$39,776 · 0.03%
2023$35,191 · 0.03%
2022$23,805 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 131635286 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.