Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc.403(b)
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS, INC. 403B PLAN · CAMBRIDGE, MA · plan year 2025
Peer grade: A- · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc. reported $55,021 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.08% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $8,511 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.01% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 510th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 1,902nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2025, employees put in $1.16 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.
Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,093 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.
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Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042535767 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.