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
State
Industry
Educational Services

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 TypeOther
Employer EIN391039417
Plan Effective Date2018-05-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities)

$300M$350M$400M$450M 202220232024 $343M $418M ▲ +22.0%
Total plan assets by year, all Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 2,238 $343M
2023 1 2,157 $400M
2024 1 2,100 $418M

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Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants

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Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan holds $400M in total assets with 2,157 participants. It is sponsored by Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.
What type of plan is Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan?
Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 2018-05-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 391039417.
Who sponsors the Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan?
Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan is sponsored by Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, located in Wisconsin. The sponsor's EIN is 391039417 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan perform in 2023?
Waicu Retirement Readiness Plan grew sharply - up 16.7% during 2023, moving from $343M to $400M in total assets. Net income was $39M.

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.

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.