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The Wilderness Society403(b)

THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY 403(B) PLAN · WASHINGTON, DC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.30%

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

The Wilderness Society reported $73,232 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.30% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5 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 0.33% to 0.30%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 280th-largest of 618 plans among District of Columbia employers on file, and the 843rd of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, employees put in $2695.99 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 169 to 140 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$25,729,801
Participants with balances228
Active participants140
Employer contributions$700
Employee contributions$1,887,192
Employer contribution per active participant$5
Average account balance$112,850
Benefits paid to participants$2,595,029
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.7M · 228 accts · $700 emplr
2023$22.9M · 245 accts
2022$18.0M · 227 accts
Employer contributions to the The Wilderness Society plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5
Median for plans this size$2,416

The Wilderness Society's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20243
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$18,760
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$41,645
VANGUARD ADVISERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$13,127

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$73,232 · 0.30%
2023$61,220 · 0.30%
2022$64,704 · 0.33%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 530167933 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.