Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Brigham Young University - Utah Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$191M
Total assets
7,029
Participants
95th
Percentile by assets
$27,140
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan · Sponsored by Brigham Young University - Utah · Utah · Educational Services

$191M in assets, 7,029 participants

Brigham Young University - Utah's Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan reported $191M in total assets and 7,029 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.

  • 95th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan holds $191M for 7,029 participants - about $27,140 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 4.5% over the 2023 plan year.

$191M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
7,029
covered participants
95th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$27,140
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Educational Services

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan

Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Brigham Young University - Utah, headquartered in Utah. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $191M in total end-of-year assets and covers 7,029 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 870217280, and the plan has been effective since 1954-09-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged up modestly from $182M at the beginning of 2023 to $191M at year-end - up 4.5%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $191M, with reported net income of $8M 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 Brigham Young University - Utah has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $182M to $189M, a gain of 3.4%, while reported participants moved from 6,755 to 293 (-95.7%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $191M; the softest was 2022 at $182M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $182M in assets across 1 plan covering 6,755 participants; 2023 - $191M in assets across 1 plan covering 7,029 participants; 2024 - $189M in assets across 1 plan covering 293 participants.

By assets, Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan outranks 95% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.9x 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 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity 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 (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$182M
Total Assets (End of Year)$191M
Net Assets (End of Year)$191M
Net Income$8M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN870217280
Plan Effective Date1954-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Brigham Young University - Utah)

$180M$185M$190M$195M 202220232024 $182M $189M ▲ +3.4%
Total plan assets by year, all Brigham Young University - Utah 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 6,755 $182M
2023 1 7,029 $191M
2024 1 293 $189M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan holds $191M in total assets with 7,029 participants. It is sponsored by Brigham Young University - Utah.
What type of plan is Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan?
Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1954-09-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 870217280.
Who sponsors the Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan?
Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan is sponsored by Brigham Young University - Utah, located in Utah. The sponsor's EIN is 870217280 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan perform in 2023?
Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan edged up modestly - up 4.5% during 2023, moving from $182M to $191M in total assets. Net income was $8M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Brigham Young University Tax-Deferred Annuity 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 Utah. Compare plans
  • Brigham Young University - Utah's sponsor-wide assets have grown 3.4% 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 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 870217280.

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.