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COLUMBIA SOUTHERN EDUCATION GROUP

THE COLUMBIA SOUTHERN EDUCATION GROUP 401(K) PLAN · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024

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Public filing 2024 · received Oct 30, 2025Verified current terms Not available

Plan at a glance

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out of 100

The filing looks broadly typical among comparable plans. This is a filing comparison, not a complete benefits score.

$Employer support

$1,205

Reported employer contributions per active participant.

Higher than about 52% of comparable plans

#People in the filing

958

Active participants reported for 2024.

The filing does not say how many employees are currently contributing.

¢Visible plan-paid fees

$149 / participant

Reported administrative expense—not every fee an employee may pay.

Lower cost than about 16% of comparable plans

↗Investment performance

Not available

Plan assets changed 19.5%, but that includes contributions, withdrawals, and market movement.

Asset change is not investment performance.

What we still need to judge the benefit

Current match formula, vesting, eligibility, investment choices, fund expense ratios, and employee-level fees.

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Filing comparison · 202441out of 100 among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist

How this filing compares

Reported employer contributions52nd percentileTypical peer $1,176 · based on 129 comparable plans

Lower reported administrative expense16th percentileTypical peer $80 · based on 134 comparable plans

This comparison uses historical filing figures. It does not compare current match formulas, vesting, investments, or employee fees.

The short version

What the latest filing tells us

For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024, COLUMBIA SOUTHERN EDUCATION GROUP reported $1,154,595 in employer contributions across the plan and 958 active participants. That works out to $1,205 per active participant. It is useful context, but it is not the current match formula and it does not show what any one employee received.

Participation proxy92%

Active participants divided by all end-of-year plan participants. This is not the company participation rate because the filing does not report every eligible employee.

Employer money trendDown 16.4%

Change in reported employer contribution per active participant across the filing history shown.

Expense trendDown 10.8%

Change in reported administrative expense per participant. Investment expenses may not be included.

Peer context41/100

A filing comparison among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist.

Where the public filing stops

Current match, vesting, eligibility, employee fees, and investment choices require a dated plan document. Until we have one, those details stay blank.

Latest financial record

Contributions, assets, and expenses

These figures are reported totals for the plan—not individual account balances or promises to any employee.

Employer contributions: $1,154,595
Participant contributions: $2,622,486
Other contributions: $6,791
Employer share of reported contributions: 30.6%
Beginning assets: $29,929,136
Ending assets: $35,751,966
Ending net assets: $35,744,222
Ending liabilities: $7,744
Total income: $8,392,579
Total expenses: $2,575,757
Administrative expenses: $150,021
Participant loans: Not reported

Three-year filing history

How the reported figures changed

Each chart uses its own scale and starts at zero. When the filing has no value, the chart says so rather than turning it into a zero.

Employer contributions reported per active participant

2022

$1,442

2023

$1,112

2024

$1,205

Plan-paid administrative expenses per participant

2022

$167

2023

$125

2024

$149

Active participants

2022

946

2023

915

2024

958

Detailed filing history
Plan year	Per active participant	Active participants	Plan assets	Filing ID
2024	$1,205	958	35.8M	20251030110250NAL0001934737001
2023	$1,112	915	29.9M	20241010121123NAL0011445443001
2022	$1,442	946	30M	20230927085751NAL0020690818001

Changes in plan assets are not the same as investment performance. Each row uses the selected public filing for that year.

Plan operations

Details worth knowing

Participant loans as a share of plan assets: Not stated in the filing
Independent accountant’s opinion: Unqualified opinion Code 1
Late participant contributions reported: Not stated in the filing
Public plan identifier: 631175854-001

Reported plan details

Identity and filing status

Plan type: Retirement plan
Employer arrangement: Single-employer plan
Plan effective date: Jan 1, 2008
Industry: Educational services
Amended filing: Yes
Final filing for this plan: No
Short plan year: No
401(k) feature reported: Yes
Show DOL characteristic codes
2E2F2G2J2K2T3D3H

Reported service providers

Organizations named in the latest filing

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Provider	Plan year	Direct compensation	Indirect compensation
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY	2024	Not reported	unknown

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Filing ACK_ID20251030110250NAL0001934737001

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