Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-07-24
- $400M
- Total assets
- 2,157
- Participants
- 97th
- Percentile by assets
- $185,312
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan · Sponsored by Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities · Wisconsin · Educational Services
$400M in assets, 2,157 participants
Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities's Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan reported $400M in total assets and 2,157 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- 97th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
What the 2023 filing shows
Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan holds $400M for 2,157 participants - about $185,312 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 16.7% over the 2023 plan year.
- $400M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 2,157
- covered participants
- 97th
- percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
- $185,312
- avg assets per participant
Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
What the Filing Says About Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan
Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, headquartered in Wisconsin. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $400M in total end-of-year assets and covers 2,157 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 391039417, and the plan has been effective since 2018-05-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.
Year over year, total assets grew sharply from $343M at the beginning of 2023 to $400M at year-end - up 16.7%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $400M, with reported net income of $39M 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 Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $343M to $418M, a gain of 22.0%, while reported participants moved from 2,238 to 2,100 (-6.2%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $418M; the softest was 2022 at $343M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $343M in assets across 1 plan covering 2,238 participants; 2023 - $400M in assets across 1 plan covering 2,157 participants; 2024 - $418M in assets across 1 plan covering 2,100 participants.
By assets, Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan outranks 97% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 4.0x 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 Waicu Retirement Readiness 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) | $343M |
|---|---|
| Total Assets (End of Year) | $400M |
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $400M |
| Net Income | $39M |
| Plan Type | Other |
| Employer EIN | 391039417 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2018-05-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 2,238 | $343M |
| 2023 | 1 | 2,157 | $400M |
| 2024 | 1 | 2,100 | $418M |
Nearby Other Plans in Wisconsin
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants
- The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. Retirement Plan $2.3B · 6,591
- Froedtert Health, Inc. 403(b) Plan $1.9B · 15,352
- University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Physicians Retirement Plan $1.3B · 1,636
- Children's Hospital and Health System Shared Retirement Savings Plan $898M · 5,798
- Marquette University Retirement Plan $865M · 3,157
Similar-Sized Other Plans Nationally
Other plans in other states closest to Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan (CA) $401M · 1,999
- Phoebe Putney Health System 403(b) Deferred Savings Plan (GA) $398M · 4,103
- Touro 403(b) Plan (NY) $401M · 4,055
- Children's Hospital & Medical Center 403(b) Plan (NE) $397M · 3,405
Frequently Asked Questions
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What this filing means
Ways to act on Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Waicu Retirement Readiness 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 Wisconsin. Compare plans
- Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities's sponsor-wide assets have grown 22.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans
- An Other 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 391039417.
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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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.