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Worcester Art Museum403(b)

WORCESTER ART MUSEUM RETIREMENT PLAN · WORCESTER, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.19%

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

Worcester Art Museum reported $24,050 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.19% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $701 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 0.12% to 0.19%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other arts, entertainment & recreation employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (1,636th of 2,726), and the 569th of 1,311 in arts, entertainment & recreation. In 2024, employees put in $3.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,242,382
Participants with balances253
Active participants196
Employer contributions$137,444
Employee contributions$429,713
Employer contribution per active participant$701
Average account balance$52,341
Benefits paid to participants$1,230,448
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.2M · 253 accts · $137K emplr
2023$12.7M · 254 accts · $135K emplr
2022$11.2M · 259 accts · $128K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$24,050
Total administrative$24,050
Employer contributions to the Worcester Art Museum plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$701
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$701 per active participant
2023$728 per active participant
2022$642 per active participant

Worcester Art Museum'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 · 20242
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS, LLC$13,697

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$24,050 · 0.19%
2023$19,471 · 0.16%
2022$13,153 · 0.12%
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Old Sturbridge Inc. MA$15.3M · 0.00%
Hyannis Harbor Tours, Inc. MA$13.8M · 0.03%
Southworth Development LLC MA$12.3M · 0.30%
Peabody Essex Museum MA$12.0M · 0.29%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 041988530 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.