Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Trustees of Tufts College Money Purchase Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$942M
Total assets
6,037
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$156,005
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Trustees of Tufts College · Massachusetts · Educational Services

$942M in assets, 6,037 participants

Trustees of Tufts College's Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan reported $942M in total assets and 6,037 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 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan holds $942M for 6,037 participants - about $156,005 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, up 14.9% over the 2023 plan year.

$942M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
6,037
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$156,005
avg assets per participant
Industry
Educational Services

Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan

Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan is a Money Purchase retirement plan sponsored by Trustees of Tufts College, headquartered in Massachusetts. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $942M in total end-of-year assets and covers 6,037 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 042103634, and the plan has been effective since 1989-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $819M at the beginning of 2023 to $942M at year-end - up 14.9%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $942M, with reported net income of $122M 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 Trustees of Tufts College has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $1.6B to $2.0B, a gain of 26.1%, while reported participants moved from 11,065 to 11,323 (+2.3%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $2.0B; the softest was 2022 at $1.6B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $1.6B in assets across 2 plans covering 11,065 participants; 2023 - $1.8B in assets across 2 plans covering 11,075 participants; 2024 - $2.0B in assets across 2 plans covering 11,323 participants.

By assets, Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan outranks 99% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 9.4x 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 Tufts University Basic Retirement 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)$819M
Total Assets (End of Year)$942M
Net Assets (End of Year)$942M
Net Income$122M
Plan TypeMoney Purchase
Employer EIN042103634
Plan Effective Date1989-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Trustees of Tufts College)

$1.4B$1.6B$1.8B$2B$2.2B 202220232024 $1.62B $2.04B ▲ +25.9%
Total plan assets by year, all Trustees of Tufts College 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 11,065 $1.6B
2023 2 11,075 $1.8B
2024 2 11,323 $2.0B

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Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan vs. nearby Money Purchase plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants

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Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan vs. nearby Money Purchase plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan holds $942M in total assets with 6,037 participants. It is sponsored by Trustees of Tufts College.
What type of plan is Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan?
Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan is a Money Purchase plan. It has been effective since 1989-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 042103634.
Who sponsors the Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan?
Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan is sponsored by Trustees of Tufts College, located in Massachusetts. The sponsor's EIN is 042103634 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan perform in 2023?
Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.9% during 2023, moving from $819M to $942M in total assets. Net income was $122M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Tufts University Basic Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Money Purchase plans in Massachusetts. Compare plans
  • Trustees of Tufts College's sponsor-wide assets have grown 26.1% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans
  • A Money Purchase 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 042103634.

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.