Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$28M
Total assets Below avg plan size
242
Participants Below avg headcount
78th
Percentile by assets National rank
$115,047
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Tennessee Aquarium · Tennessee · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$28M in assets, 242 participants

Tennessee Aquarium's Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan reported $28M in total assets and 242 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 78th 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.

  • #2,551 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)

Coverage in Tennessee

Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan covers 242 participants in Tennessee, about 21% of the average Tennessee filer (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $28M.

#2,551
in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)
+20.2%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$27,841,426 Top 22% higher than 78% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (242 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$6M in the plan year 2022 filing to $5M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 181 in the plan year 2022 filing to 242 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $23M in the plan year 2022 filing to $28M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 581837154 · Tennessee Aquarium PY 2023 · Other

Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan · $28M · 242 · 78th

  • BOY $28M
  • SCH 242
  • EBSA 78th
  • PART Other
  • TYPE near Kendal-Crosslands Communities 403(b) Plan
  • NET ind #2551

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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation retirement plans → · Plans in Tennessee →

Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Horizon Home Care & Hospice, Inc. 403(b) Retirement PlanHorizon Home Care & Hospice,…$28MBriar Cliff University 403(b) DC PlanBriar Cliff University 403(b…$28MTennessee Aquarium Retirement PlanTennessee Aquarium Retiremen…$28MKendal-Crosslands Communities 403(b) PlanKendal-Crosslands Communitie…$28MJewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit 403(b) PlanJewish Federation of Metropo…$28M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Tennessee filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$23M
Net Assets (End of Year)$28M
Net Income$5M
Employer EIN581837154
Plan Effective Date1996-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Tennessee Aquarium)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Tennessee Aquarium plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$33M 43.51316146118375% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$20M$25M$30M$35M 202220232024 $23.2M $33.3M ▲ +43.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 181 $23M
2023 1 242 $28M
2024 1 258 $33M

Nearby Other Plans in Tennessee

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.027841426 · Participants: 242Tennessee Aquarium Retirement PlanVanderbilt University Medical Center Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.082284978 · Participants: 30220Vanderbilt University Medical Center Retirement PlanVanderbilt University Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.316024751 · Participants: 6887Vanderbilt University Retirement PlanSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital Defined Contribution Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.118460153 · Participants: 6010St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Defined Contribution Retirement PlanBallad Health 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.616326721 · Participants: 11769Ballad Health 403(b) PlanSoutheastern Carpenters and Millwrights Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.534737215 · Participants: 2882Southeastern Carpenters and Millwrights Pension Plan
Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants
Compare Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside Tennessee, the nearest Other by assets is Kendal-Crosslands Communities 403(b) Plan in PA ($28M); by covered participants it is Employee Benefit Plan of Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center, Inc. in IN (242 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (242 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 20.2% during 2023, from $23M to $28M. Reported net income was $5M.
How have Tennessee Aquarium plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Tennessee Aquarium's sponsor-wide assets grew 43.5%, from $23M to $33M.
Where does Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan ranks in the 78th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Kendal-Crosslands Communities 403(b) Plan in PA ($28M, 559 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Tennessee Aquarium Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Employee Benefit Plan of Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center, Inc. in IN (242 participants, $11M in assets).

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 581837154.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.