Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Yale University Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$462M
Total assets
5,701
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$81,027
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Yale University Matching Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Yale University · Connecticut · Educational Services

$462M in assets, 5,701 participants

Yale University's Yale University Matching Retirement Plan reported $462M in total assets and 5,701 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • 98th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)

What the 2022 filing shows

Yale University Matching Retirement Plan holds $462M for 5,701 participants - about $81,027 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, down 10.5% over the 2022 plan year.

$462M
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
5,701
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
$81,027
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $54M 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 Yale University Matching Retirement Plan

Yale University Matching Retirement Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Yale University, headquartered in Connecticut. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $462M in total end-of-year assets and covers 5,701 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 060646973, and the plan has been effective since 1998-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets pulled back noticeably from $516M at the beginning of 2022 to $462M at year-end - down 10.5%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $462M, with reported net income of -$54M 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 Yale University has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $9.7B to $9.8B, a gain of 1.7%, while reported participants moved from 41,227 to 39,598 (-4.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $10.8B; the softest was 2022 at $9.7B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $9.7B in assets across 4 plans covering 41,227 participants; 2023 - $10.8B in assets across 4 plans covering 44,668 participants; 2024 - $9.8B in assets across 3 plans covering 39,598 participants.

By assets, Yale University Matching Retirement Plan outranks 98% of the 139,258 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 4.6x 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 Yale University Matching 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)$516M
Total Assets (End of Year)$462M
Net Assets (End of Year)$462M
Net Income-$54M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN060646973
Plan Effective Date1998-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Yale University)

$9.5B$10B$10.5B$11B 202220232024 $9.66B $9.82B ▲ +1.7%
Total plan assets by year, all Yale University 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 41,227 $9.7B
2023 4 44,668 $10.8B
2024 3 39,598 $9.8B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Yale University Matching Retirement Plan?
As of the 2022 Form 5500 filing, Yale University Matching Retirement Plan holds $462M in total assets with 5,701 participants. It is sponsored by Yale University.
What type of plan is Yale University Matching Retirement Plan?
Yale University Matching Retirement Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1998-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 060646973.
Who sponsors the Yale University Matching Retirement Plan?
Yale University Matching Retirement Plan is sponsored by Yale University, located in Connecticut. The sponsor's EIN is 060646973 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Yale University Matching Retirement Plan perform in 2022?
Yale University Matching Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 10.5% during 2022, moving from $516M to $462M in total assets. Net income was -$54M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Yale University Matching Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Yale University Matching 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 Connecticut. Compare plans
  • Yale University's sponsor-wide assets have grown 1.7% 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 060646973.

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.