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The Town School403(b)

THE TOWN SCHOOL DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.09%

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

The Town School reported $42,841 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.09% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,621 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.07% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 1,323rd-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 888th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2023, employees put in $1.12 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 249 to 126 since 2020.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$52,143,159
Participants with balances341
Active participants126
Employer contributions$834,204
Employee contributions$930,253
Employer contribution per active participant$6,621
Average account balance$152,912
Benefits paid to participants$2,582,880
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$52.0M · 349 accts · $771K emplr
2023$52.1M · 341 accts · $834K emplr
2022$45.3M · 342 accts · $882K emplr
2020$47.7M · 325 accts · $432K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$42,841
Total administrative$42,841
Employer contributions to the The Town School plan · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$6,621
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$5,245 per active participant
2023$6,621 per active participant
2022$7,669 per active participant
2020$1,735 per active participant

The Town School's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20234
CBIZ, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$16,500
TIAA$16,243
PLANPILOT, LLC · Consulting$7,200
NEW PINNACLE CONSULTING GROUP, LLC · Consulting$3,199

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

Administrative cost history4
2024$49,182 · 0.09%
2023$42,841 · 0.09%
2022$41,054 · 0.09%
2020$29,649 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 131393610 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.