Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Cornell University Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.4B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 14,145
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $172,900
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca · Sponsored by Cornell University · New York · Educational Services
$2.4B in assets, 14,145 participants
Cornell University's Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca reported $2.4B in total assets and 14,145 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.
- #4,000 in Educational Services (4,024 peers)
Coverage in New York
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca covers 14,145 participants in New York, 18x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $2.4B.
- #4,000
- in Educational Services (4,024 peers)
- -15.5%
- assets change YoY
- 25×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $447M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca's outsized position by total assets
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$2,445,666,175 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
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca is a mega filing (14,145 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 150532082 · Cornell University PY 2022 · Other
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca · $2.4B · 14,145 · 100th
- VS-ST $2.4B
- BOY 14,145
- SCH 100th
- EBSA Other
- PART near Medstar Health, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
- TYPE ind #4000
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 New York →
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca in the asset neighbourhood
New York filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.4B |
| Net Income | -$447M |
| Employer EIN | 150532082 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1940-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Cornell University)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Cornell University plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $9.5B 28.23795140741239% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 40,167 | $7.4B |
| 2023 | 5 | 47,891 | $8.6B |
| 2024 | 5 | 49,890 | $9.5B |
Nearby Other Plans in New York
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northwell Health 403(b) Plan $8.3B · 47,348
- The Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Plan $7.3B · 30,163
- University of Rochester Retirement Program $6.4B · 27,581
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan $4.6B · 21,395
- Retirement Plan for Officers of Columbia University $4.4B · 14,287
Scale composition for Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca reports $2.4B in end-of-year assets across 14,145 participants (0.020% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $172,900 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$447M.
This plan identity (EIN 150532082, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.4B to $3.0B (+23.5%) while covered participants moved from 14,145 to 14,648 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14,145 | $2.4B | This page |
| 2023 | 14,383 | $2.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 14,648 | $3.0B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca (Other, $3.0B, 14,648 participants)
- Cornell University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan (Other, $2.4B, 12,764 participants)
- Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees (Other, $2.2B, 5,142 participants)
- Weill Cornell Medical College Tax Deferred Annuity Plan (Other, $1.6B, 12,676 participants)
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest Other by assets is Medstar Health, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in MD ($2.4B); by covered participants it is The Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of Texas Children's Hospital in TX (14,185 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.4B here).
- Medstar Health, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (MD) $2.4B · 30,441
- Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' Pension Benefit Fund (DC) $2.5B · 419,935
- Boston University Retirement Plan (MA) $2.5B · 8,045
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Pension Plan B (MD) $2.5B · 8,736
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (14,145 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of Texas Children's Hospital (TX) 14,185 · 40 off
- Parkview Health System, Inc. 403(b) Plan (IN) 14,230 · 85 off
- Jefferson Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (PA) 14,302 · 157 off
- Froedtert Health, Inc. 403(b) Plan (WI) 13,617 · 528 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.