Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
President & Fellows of Harvard College Harvard Human Resources, Benefi Money Purchase Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $1.5B
- Total assets
- 12,417
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $116,984
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Harvard University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan · Sponsored by President & Fellows of Harvard College Harvard Human Resources, Benefi · Massachusetts · Educational Services
$1.5B in assets, 12,417 participants
President & Fellows of Harvard College Harvard Human Resources, Benefi's Harvard University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan reported $1.5B in total assets and 12,417 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 139,258 plans)
- #3,981 in Educational Services (4,025 peers)
Coverage in Massachusetts
Harvard University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan covers 12,417 participants in Massachusetts, 19x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~641 per filing). Assets: $1.5B.
- $1.5B
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 12,417
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- $116,984
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $183M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Participants vs Massachusetts filers
In Massachusetts, the average filing covers about 641 participants across 3,941 plans. Harvard University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan reports 12,417 participants - 19x that state average ($1.5B EOY assets).
Massachusetts filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.6B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.5B |
| Net Income | -$183M |
| Employer EIN | 042103580 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1995-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (President & Fellows of Harvard College Harvard Human Resources, Benefi)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 39,221 | $8.0B |
| 2023 | 4 | 39,785 | $9.3B |
| 2024 | 4 | 44,472 | $10.3B |
Nearby Money Purchase Plans in Massachusetts
Peer Money Purchase plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Harvard University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan vs. nearby Money Purchase plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
- The Mitre Corporation Qualified Retirement Plan $2.2B · 12,021
- Massachusetts Laborers' Annuity Fund $2.0B · 11,530
- Retirement Income Plan for Teaching Faculty of Harvard University $1.9B · 2,698
- Electrical Workers Deferred Income Plan Local 103, I.B.E.W. $1.4B · 8,275
- Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan $819M · 7,042
Scale composition for Harvard University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
Harvard University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan reports $1.5B in end-of-year assets across 12,417 participants (0.012% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.014% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $116,984 per participant (85% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$183M.
This plan identity (EIN 042103580, plan #007) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.5B to $2.0B (+40.0%) while covered participants moved from 12,417 to 14,571 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12,417 | $1.5B | This page |
| 2023 | 13,259 | $1.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 14,571 | $2.0B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Harvard University Tax Deferred Annuity Plan (Other, $4.3B, 24,395 participants)
- Retirement Income Plan for Teaching Faculty of Harvard University (Money Purchase, $2.4B, 2,774 participants)
- Harvard University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (Money Purchase, $2.0B, 14,571 participants)
- Harvard University Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.6B, 2,732 participants)
Similar-Sized Money Purchase Plans Nationally
Money Purchase plans in other states closest to Harvard University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Local No. 1 IBEW Pension Benefit Trust Fund (MO) $1.5B · 4,522
- Laborers Annuity Plan for Northern California (CA) $1.4B · 30,063
- Employees Retirement Plan of Marshfield Clinic (WI) $1.3B · 8,253
- The Sherwin-Williams Company Salaried Employees' Revised Pension Investment Plan (OH) $1.3B · 44,824
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Harvard University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Harvard University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Money Purchase plans in Massachusetts. Compare plans
- President & Fellows of Harvard College Harvard Human Resources, Benefi's sponsor-wide assets have grown 28.1% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans