Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 1,854
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $564,093
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Draper Employees · Sponsored by The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory · Massachusetts · Other Services
$1.0B in assets, 1,854 participants
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory's Retirement Plan for Draper Employees reported $1.0B in total assets and 1,854 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.
- #8,383 in Other Services (8,398 peers)
Coverage in Massachusetts
Retirement Plan for Draper Employees covers 1,854 participants in Massachusetts, 2.8x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $1.0B.
- #8,383
- in Other Services (8,398 peers)
- -13.5%
- assets change YoY
- 10×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $163M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Retirement Plan for Draper Employees's outsized position by total assets
Retirement Plan for Draper Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,045,827,916 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Retirement Plan for Draper Employees'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. Retirement Plan for Draper Employees lands in the large band (1,854 participants).
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 042505372 · The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Retirement Plan for Draper Employees · $1.0B · 1,854 · 99th
- VS-ST $1.0B
- BOY 1,854
- SCH 99th
- EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PART near Evergy, Inc. Retirement Plan
- TYPE ind #8383
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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →
Retirement Plan for Draper Employees in the asset neighbourhood
Massachusetts filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.0B |
| Net Income | -$163M |
| Employer EIN | 042505372 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1973-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.9B 24.54875703323976% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 3,316 | $1.5B |
| 2023 | 3 | 3,582 | $1.7B |
| 2024 | 3 | 3,936 | $1.9B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Massachusetts
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Consolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member Organizations $9.1B · 55,495
- Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan $6.8B · 33,087
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement Plan $5.3B · 11,835
- N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund $4.8B · 17,323
- N. Atlantic States Carp. Guaranteed Annuity Fund $3.6B · 10,962
Retirement Plan for Draper Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Massachusetts, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Evergy, Inc. Retirement Plan in MO ($1.0B); by covered participants it is Hancock Whitney Corporation Pension Plan in MS (1,855 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.0B here).
- Evergy, Inc. Retirement Plan (MO) $1.0B · 2,979
- Nisource Pension Plan (IN) $1.1B · 2,283
- The Pension Plan for Insurance Organizations (NJ) $1.0B · 1,602
- Operating Engineers Local No. 825 Pension Fund (NJ) $1.0B · 5,035
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,854 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Hancock Whitney Corporation Pension Plan (MS) 1,855 · 1 off
- The Cooper Companies, Inc. Retirement Income Plan (CA) 1,857 · 3 off
- Aptargroup, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan (IL) 1,851 · 3 off
- Pension Fund of Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Union - Local 798 - Iatse (CA) 1,850 · 4 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.