Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Oak Ridge Associated Universities Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$299M
Total assets
764
Participants
97th
Percentile by assets
$391,867
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Oak Ridge Associated Universities · Tennessee · Educational Services

$299M in assets, 764 participants

Oak Ridge Associated Universities's Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan reported $299M in total assets and 764 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • 97th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)

What the 2022 filing shows

Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan holds $299M for 764 participants - about $391,867 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, down 13.7% over the 2022 plan year.

$299M
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
764
covered participants
97th
percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
$391,867
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $47M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Educational Services

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

What the Filing Says About Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan

Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Oak Ridge Associated Universities, headquartered in Tennessee. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $299M in total end-of-year assets and covers 764 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 620476816, and the plan has been effective since 1948-04-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets pulled back noticeably from $347M at the beginning of 2022 to $299M at year-end - down 13.7%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $299M, with reported net income of -$47M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Oak Ridge Associated Universities has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $299M to $359M, a gain of 20.0%, while reported participants moved from 764 to 1,114 (+45.8%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $359M; the softest was 2022 at $299M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $299M in assets across 1 plan covering 764 participants; 2023 - $336M in assets across 1 plan covering 1,041 participants; 2024 - $359M in assets across 1 plan covering 1,114 participants.

By assets, Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan outranks 97% of the 139,258 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 3.0x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2022 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (139,258 plans), rank Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$347M
Total Assets (End of Year)$299M
Net Assets (End of Year)$299M
Net Income-$47M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN620476816
Plan Effective Date1948-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Oak Ridge Associated Universities)

$280M$300M$320M$340M$360M$380M 202220232024 $299M $359M ▲ +20.0%
Total plan assets by year, all Oak Ridge Associated Universities 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 764 $299M
2023 1 1,041 $336M
2024 1 1,114 $359M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan?
As of the 2022 Form 5500 filing, Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan holds $299M in total assets with 764 participants. It is sponsored by Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
What type of plan is Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan?
Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1948-04-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 620476816.
Who sponsors the Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan?
Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan is sponsored by Oak Ridge Associated Universities, located in Tennessee. The sponsor's EIN is 620476816 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan perform in 2022?
Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 13.7% during 2022, moving from $347M to $299M in total assets. Net income was -$47M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Oak Ridge Associated Universities 403(b) Retirement Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in Tennessee. Compare plans
  • Oak Ridge Associated Universities's sponsor-wide assets have grown 20.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 620476816.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.