Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

National Academy of Sciences Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$296M
Total assets
913
Participants
97th
Percentile by assets
$324,269
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Nas Salary Reduction Contribution Retirement Plan · Sponsored by National Academy of Sciences · District of Columbia · Professional & Technical Services

$296M in assets, 913 participants

National Academy of Sciences's Nas Salary Reduction Contribution Retirement Plan reported $296M in total assets and 913 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

Nas Salary Reduction Contribution Retirement Plan holds $296M for 913 participants - about $324,269 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, down 12.9% over the 2022 plan year.

$296M
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
913
covered participants
97th
percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
$324,269
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $44M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Industry
Professional & Technical Services

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

What the Filing Says About Nas Salary Reduction Contribution Retirement Plan

Nas Salary Reduction Contribution Retirement Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by National Academy of Sciences, headquartered in District of Columbia. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $296M in total end-of-year assets and covers 913 participants across the Professional & Technical Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 530196932, and the plan has been effective since 1989-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets pulled back noticeably from $340M at the beginning of 2022 to $296M at year-end - down 12.9%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $296M, with reported net income of -$44M 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 National Academy of Sciences has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $622M to $758M, a gain of 21.8%, while reported participants moved from 1,813 to 2,481 (+36.8%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $758M; the softest was 2022 at $622M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $622M in assets across 2 plans covering 1,813 participants; 2023 - $700M in assets across 2 plans covering 2,175 participants; 2024 - $758M in assets across 2 plans covering 2,481 participants.

By assets, Nas Salary Reduction Contribution 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 Nas Salary Reduction Contribution 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)$340M
Total Assets (End of Year)$296M
Net Assets (End of Year)$296M
Net Income-$44M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN530196932
Plan Effective Date1989-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (National Academy of Sciences)

$600M$650M$700M$750M$800M 202220232024 $622M $758M ▲ +21.8%
Total plan assets by year, all National Academy of Sciences 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,813 $622M
2023 2 2,175 $700M
2024 2 2,481 $758M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Nas Salary Reduction Contribution Retirement Plan?
As of the 2022 Form 5500 filing, Nas Salary Reduction Contribution Retirement Plan holds $296M in total assets with 913 participants. It is sponsored by National Academy of Sciences.
What type of plan is Nas Salary Reduction Contribution Retirement Plan?
Nas Salary Reduction Contribution Retirement Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1989-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 530196932.
Who sponsors the Nas Salary Reduction Contribution Retirement Plan?
Nas Salary Reduction Contribution Retirement Plan is sponsored by National Academy of Sciences, located in District of Columbia. The sponsor's EIN is 530196932 and the plan operates in the Professional & Technical Services industry.
How did Nas Salary Reduction Contribution Retirement Plan perform in 2022?
Nas Salary Reduction Contribution Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 12.9% during 2022, moving from $340M to $296M in total assets. Net income was -$44M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Nas Salary Reduction Contribution Retirement Plan's numbers.

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 530196932.

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.