Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
California Institute of Technology Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $1.7B
- Total assets
- 8,185
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $203,679
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan · Sponsored by California Institute of Technology · California · Educational Services
$1.7B in assets, 8,185 participants
California Institute of Technology's Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan reported $1.7B in total assets and 8,185 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- #3,985 in Educational Services (4,024 peers)
Coverage in California
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan covers 8,185 participants in California, 13x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $1.7B.
- $1.7B
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 8,185
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- $203,679
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $190M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Participants vs California filers
In California, the average filing covers about 630 participants across 15,291 plans. Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan reports 8,185 participants - 13x that state average ($1.7B EOY assets).
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.7B |
| Net Income | -$190M |
| Employer EIN | 951643307 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2010-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (California Institute of Technology)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 18,012 | $5.9B |
| 2023 | 2 | 18,963 | $6.8B |
| 2024 | 2 | 19,524 | $7.6B |
Nearby Other Plans in California
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants
- Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan $9.4B · 22,514
- Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan $5.3B · 48,591
- Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan $4.5B · 20,237
- Caltech Base Retirement Plan $4.2B · 9,827
- University of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan $3.7B · 22,632
Scale composition for Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan reports $1.7B in end-of-year assets across 8,185 participants (0.014% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $203,679 per participant (1.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$190M.
This plan identity (EIN 951643307, plan #005) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.7B to $2.3B (+40.1%) while covered participants moved from 8,185 to 8,554 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8,185 | $1.7B | This page |
| 2023 | 8,281 | $2.0B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,554 | $2.3B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Caltech Base Retirement Plan (Other, $5.2B, 10,970 participants)
- Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan (Other, $2.3B, 8,554 participants)
Similar-Sized Other Plans Nationally
Other plans in other states closest to Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan (CT) $1.7B · 22,661
- Supplemental Retirement Annuity Plan of the University of Pennsylvania (PA) $1.7B · 21,353
- Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b (TX) $1.6B · 12,275
- Wellstar Health System, Inc. Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan (GA) $1.7B · 24,566
Frequently Asked Questions
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in California. Compare plans
- California Institute of Technology's sponsor-wide assets have grown 29.2% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans