Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$9.4B
Total assets
54,531
Participants
100th
Percentile by assets
$172,107
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Retirement Security Plan · Sponsored by National Rural Electric Cooperative Association · Virginia · Utilities

$9.4B in assets, 54,531 participants

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's Retirement Security Plan reported $9.4B in total assets and 54,531 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.

  • 100th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)

What the 2022 filing shows

Retirement Security Plan holds $9.4B for 54,531 participants - about $172,107 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, down 19.9% over the 2022 plan year.

$9.4B
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
54,531
covered participants
100th
percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
$172,107
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $2.3B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
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Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

What the Filing Says About Retirement Security Plan

Retirement Security Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, headquartered in Virginia. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $9.4B in total end-of-year assets and covers 54,531 participants across the Utilities industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 530116145, and the plan has been effective since 1948-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets declined sharply from $11.7B at the beginning of 2022 to $9.4B at year-end - down 19.9%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $9.3B, with reported net income of -$2.3B 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 Rural Electric Cooperative Association has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $22.4B to $28.3B, a gain of 26.7%, while reported participants moved from 116,012 to 119,502 (+3.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $28.3B; the softest was 2022 at $22.4B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $22.4B in assets across 2 plans covering 116,012 participants; 2023 - $25.2B in assets across 2 plans covering 116,638 participants; 2024 - $28.3B in assets across 2 plans covering 119,502 participants.

By assets, Retirement Security Plan outranks nearly all the 139,258 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 94x 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 Retirement Security 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)$11.7B
Total Assets (End of Year)$9.4B
Net Assets (End of Year)$9.3B
Net Income-$2.3B
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN530116145
Plan Effective Date1948-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (National Rural Electric Cooperative Association)

$20B$22B$24B$26B$28B$30B 202220232024 $22.4B $28.3B ▲ +26.7%
Total plan assets by year, all National Rural Electric Cooperative Association 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 116,012 $22.4B
2023 2 116,638 $25.2B
2024 2 119,502 $28.3B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Retirement Security Plan?
As of the 2022 Form 5500 filing, Retirement Security Plan holds $9.4B in total assets with 54,531 participants. It is sponsored by National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
What type of plan is Retirement Security Plan?
Retirement Security Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1948-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 530116145.
Who sponsors the Retirement Security Plan?
Retirement Security Plan is sponsored by National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, located in Virginia. The sponsor's EIN is 530116145 and the plan operates in the Utilities industry.
How did Retirement Security Plan perform in 2022?
Retirement Security Plan declined sharply - down 19.9% during 2022, moving from $11.7B to $9.4B in total assets. Net income was -$2.3B.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Retirement Security Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Retirement Security Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia. Compare plans
  • National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's sponsor-wide assets have grown 26.7% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Utilities plans
  • A Defined Benefit (Pension) plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

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 530116145.

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.