Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
California Institute of Technology Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $4.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 9,827
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $427,432
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Caltech Base Retirement Plan · Sponsored by California Institute of Technology · California · Educational Services
$4.2B in assets, 9,827 participants
California Institute of Technology's Caltech Base Retirement Plan reported $4.2B in total assets and 9,827 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #4,012 in Educational Services (4,024 peers)
Coverage in California
Caltech Base Retirement Plan covers 9,827 participants in California, 16x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $4.2B.
- #4,012
- in Educational Services (4,024 peers)
- -12.9%
- assets change YoY
- 42×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $624M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Caltech Base Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Caltech Base Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$4,200,375,781 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Caltech Base Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Caltech Base Retirement Plan lands in the large band (9,827 participants).
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 951643307 · California Institute of Technology PY 2022 · Other
Caltech Base Retirement Plan · $4.2B · 9,827 · 100th
- NET $4.2B
- BOOK 9,827
- VS-ST 100th
- BOY Other
- SCH near New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration
- EBSA ind #4012
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Educational Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →
Caltech Base Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $4.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.2B |
| Net Income | -$624M |
| Employer EIN | 951643307 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1921-11-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (California Institute of Technology)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All California Institute of Technology plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $7.6B 29.22886903959861% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| 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.
- 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
- University of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan $3.7B · 22,632
- Cedars-Sinai Health System 403b Retirement Plan $1.9B · 10,975
Scale composition for Caltech Base Retirement Plan
Caltech Base Retirement Plan reports $4.2B in end-of-year assets across 9,827 participants (0.034% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $427,432 per participant (3.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$624M.
This plan identity (EIN 951643307, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $4.2B to $5.2B (+24.9%) while covered participants moved from 9,827 to 10,970 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9,827 | $4.2B | This page |
| 2023 | 10,682 | $4.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 10,970 | $5.2B | 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)
Caltech Base Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Other by assets is New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration in NY ($4.2B); by covered participants it is The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan in NJ (9,570 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.2B here).
- New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration (NY) $4.2B · 8,299
- The Mitre Corporation Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan (MA) $4.1B · 12,320
- Fca US LLC Salaried Employees' Savings Plan (MI) $4.3B · 17,796
- Fca US LLC UAW Savings Plan (MI) $4.1B · 52,211
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,827 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan (NJ) 9,570 · 257 off
- Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc 403(b) Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan (OH) 9,522 · 305 off
- Banner Health Employees 403(b) Plan (AZ) 10,133 · 306 off
- Lifespan Corporation 403(b)Retirement Plan (RI) 10,171 · 344 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.