Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
California Institute of Technology Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $2.0B
- Total assets
- 8,281
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $245,514
- Avg per participant
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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #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.
- $2.0B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 8,281
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $245,514
- avg assets per participant
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.
Participants vs California filers
In California, the average filing covers about 630 participants across 15,291 plans. Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan reports 8,281 participants - 13x that state average ($2.0B EOY assets).
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)
| 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.
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants
- 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)
Similar-Sized Other Plans Nationally
Other plans in other states closest to Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- 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
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in California. Compare plans
- California Institute of Technology's sponsor-wide assets have grown 29.2% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans