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Worcester Academy403(b)

WORCESTER ACADEMY DC RETIREMENT PLAN · WORCESTER, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Worcester Academy reported $23,436 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,644 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 0.02% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 704th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 914th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.17 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$49,716,613
Participants with balances418
Active participants178
Employer contributions$826,641
Employee contributions$965,924
Employer contribution per active participant$4,644
Average account balance$118,939
Benefits paid to participants$2,466,993
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$49.7M · 418 accts · $827K emplr
2023$45.5M · 413 accts · $723K emplr
2022$41.8M · 405 accts · $908K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$19,071
Audit (IQPA)$4,365
Total administrative$23,436
Employer contributions to the Worcester Academy plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,644
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,644 per active participant
2023$4,632 per active participant
2022$5,571 per active participant

Worcester Academy's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20242
TIAA - TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUI · Recordkeeping · Other services$8,423
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS. LLC · Investment advisory (plan) · Other services$9,205

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$23,436 · 0.05%
2023$20,684 · 0.05%
2022$6,602 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042105855 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.