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Wake Forest University403(b)

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY RETIREMENT PLAN · WINSTON SALEM, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Wake Forest University reported $634,166 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,313 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 0.05% to 0.08%. 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 46th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 58th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.10 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$889,362,028
Participants with balances5,392
Active participants3,314
Employer contributions$17,605,936
Employee contributions$19,408,768
Employer contribution per active participant$5,313
Average account balance$164,941
Benefits paid to participants$48,682,373
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBUTLER & BURKE, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$889.4M · 5,392 accts · $17.6M emplr
2023$797.8M · 5,161 accts · $16.6M emplr
2022$686.5M · 5,146 accts · $16.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$383,687
Investment management$250,479
Total administrative$634,166
Employer contributions to the Wake Forest University plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,313
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$5,313 per active participant
2023$5,167 per active participant
2022$5,237 per active participant

Wake Forest University's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 · 20242
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$383,687
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC · Investment management$250,479

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024TIAA
2023TIAA

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Administrative cost history3
2024$634,166 · 0.08%
2023$443,014 · 0.06%
2022$392,554 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560532138 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.