Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Morningside University Defined 401(a) Money Purchase Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$22M
Total assets
183
Participants
74th
Percentile by assets
$117,837
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire · Sponsored by Morningside University Defined 401(a) · Iowa · Other Services

$22M in assets, 183 participants

Morningside University Defined 401(a)'s Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire reported $22M in total assets and 183 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 74th 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.

  • 74th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire holds $22M for 183 participants - about $117,837 per participant, above the median plan by assets, up 7.7% over the 2023 plan year.

$22M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
183
covered participants
74th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$117,837
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Other Services

Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire

Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire is a Money Purchase retirement plan sponsored by Morningside University Defined 401(a), headquartered in Iowa. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $22M in total end-of-year assets and covers 183 participants across the Other Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 420680400, and the plan has been effective since 1991-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $20M at the beginning of 2023 to $22M at year-end - up 7.7%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $22M, with reported net income of $2M 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 Morningside University Defined 401(a) has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $20M to $23M, a gain of 13.8%, while reported participants moved from 475 to 170 (-64.2%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $23M; the softest was 2022 at $20M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $20M in assets across 2 plans covering 475 participants; 2023 - $22M in assets across 1 plan covering 183 participants; 2024 - $23M in assets across 1 plan covering 170 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 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire 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 (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$20M
Total Assets (End of Year)$22M
Net Assets (End of Year)$22M
Net Income$2M
Plan TypeMoney Purchase
Employer EIN420680400
Plan Effective Date1991-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Morningside University Defined 401(a))

$19M$20M$21M$22M$23M$24M 202220232024 $20M $22.8M ▲ +13.8%
Total plan assets by year, all Morningside University Defined 401(a) 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 475 $20M
2023 1 183 $22M
2024 1 170 $23M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire holds $22M in total assets with 183 participants. It is sponsored by Morningside University Defined 401(a).
What type of plan is Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire?
Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire is a Money Purchase plan. It has been effective since 1991-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 420680400.
Who sponsors the Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire?
Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire is sponsored by Morningside University Defined 401(a), located in Iowa. The sponsor's EIN is 420680400 and the plan operates in the Other Services industry.
How did Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire perform in 2023?
Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire grew at a solid clip - up 7.7% during 2023, moving from $20M to $22M in total assets. Net income was $2M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire's numbers.

  • By total assets, Morningside University Defined Contribution Retire ranks above the median plan by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Money Purchase plans in Iowa. Compare plans
  • Morningside University Defined 401(a)'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 13.8% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Other Services plans
  • A Money Purchase 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 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 420680400.

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.