Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
California Institute of Technology Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 8,281
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $245,514
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan · Sponsored by California Institute of Technology · California · Educational Services
$2.0B in assets, 8,281 participants
California Institute of Technology's Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan reported $2.0B in total assets and 8,281 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- #3,698 in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
Coverage in California
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan covers 8,281 participants in California, 13x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $2.0B.
- #3,698
- in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
- +22.0%
- assets growth YoY
- 20×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$2,033,100,660 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan lands in the large band (8,281 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$190M in the plan year 2022 filing to $366M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 8,185 in the plan year 2022 filing to 8,281 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 951643307 · California Institute of Technology PY 2023 · Other
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan · $2.0B · 8,281 · 99th
- RANK $2.0B
- RANK 8,281
- RANK 99th
- RANK Other
- RANK near Endeavor Health Legacy 403(b) Tax Deferred Annuity Plan for Northshore University Healthsystem Employees
- RANK ind #3698
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Educational Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.0B |
| Net Income | $366M |
| Employer EIN | 951643307 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2010-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (California Institute of Technology)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All California Institute of Technology plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $7.6B 29.22886903959861% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 18,012 | $5.9B |
| 2023 | 2 | 18,963 | $6.8B |
| 2024 | 2 | 19,524 | $7.6B |
Nearby Other Plans in California
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan $11.0B · 21,674
- Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan $6.5B · 50,273
- Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan $5.8B · 22,681
- Caltech Base Retirement Plan $4.8B · 10,682
- University of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan $4.3B · 21,764
Scale composition for Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan reports $2.0B in end-of-year assets across 8,281 participants (0.017% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $245,514 per participant (1.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $366M.
This plan identity (EIN 951643307, plan #005) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.7B to $2.3B (+40.1%) while covered participants moved from 8,185 to 8,554 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8,185 | $1.7B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 8,281 | $2.0B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 8,554 | $2.3B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Caltech Base Retirement Plan (Other, $5.2B, 10,970 participants)
- Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan (Other, $2.3B, 8,554 participants)
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Other by assets is Endeavor Health Legacy 403(b) Tax Deferred Annuity Plan for Northshore University Healthsystem Employees in IL ($2.0B); by covered participants it is Munson 403(b) Plan in MI (8,262 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.0B here).
- Endeavor Health Legacy 403(b) Tax Deferred Annuity Plan for Northshore University Healthsystem Employees (IL) $2.0B · 13,705
- Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan (CT) $2.0B · 22,121
- Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees (NY) $2.0B · 5,272
- Supplemental Retirement Annuity Plan of the University of Pennsylvania (PA) $2.0B · 25,712
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,281 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Munson 403(b) Plan (MI) 8,262 · 19 off
- Merakey 403(b) Plan (PA) 8,260 · 21 off
- The University of Chicago Supplemental Retirement Plan (IL) 8,254 · 27 off
- Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan (TX) 8,218 · 63 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.