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The Urban Institute403(b)

THE URBAN INSTITUTE RETIREMENT PLAN · WASHINGTON, DC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

The Urban Institute reported $209,276 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $9,919 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 fell from 0.08% to 0.07%. 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 37th-largest of 618 plans among District of Columbia employers on file, and the 174th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$329,893,607
Participants with balances1,821
Active participants653
Employer contributions$6,477,164
Employee contributions$6,932,132
Employer contribution per active participant$9,919
Average account balance$181,161
Benefits paid to participants$18,503,479
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Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$329.9M · 1,821 accts · $6.5M emplr
2023$296.2M · 1,846 accts · $5.7M emplr
2022$260.3M · 1,827 accts · $5.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$131,839
Investment management$49,307
Audit (IQPA)$28,130
Total administrative$209,276
Employer contributions to the The Urban Institute plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,919
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$9,919 per active participant
2023$9,100 per active participant
2022$8,075 per active participant

The Urban Institute's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 · 20244
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$106,605
MERCER · Investment advisory (participants)$49,307
BDO USA, P.C. · Accounting / audit$28,130
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$209,276 · 0.07%
2023$260,204 · 0.09%
2022$238,631 · 0.08%
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American University DC$1.4B · 0.02%
Howard University DC$1.2B · 0.06%
Georgetown Day School, Inc. DC$106.2M · 0.09%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 520880375 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.