Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Georgetown University Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$2.2B
Total assets
4,981
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$448,369
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Georgetown University · District of Columbia · Educational Services

$2.2B in assets, 4,981 participants

Georgetown University's Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan reported $2.2B in total assets and 4,981 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

Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan holds $2.2B for 4,981 participants - about $448,369 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, up 13.2% over the 2023 plan year.

$2.2B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
4,981
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$448,369
avg assets per participant
Industry
Educational Services

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan

Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Georgetown University, headquartered in District of Columbia. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $2.2B in total end-of-year assets and covers 4,981 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 530196603, and the plan has been effective since 1969-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $2.0B at the beginning of 2023 to $2.2B at year-end - up 13.2%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $2.2B, with reported net income of $260M 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 Georgetown University has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $2.9B to $3.4B, a gain of 19.1%, while reported participants moved from 18,588 to 19,998 (+7.6%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $3.4B; the softest was 2022 at $2.9B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $2.9B in assets across 3 plans covering 18,588 participants; 2023 - $3.3B in assets across 3 plans covering 20,622 participants; 2024 - $3.4B in assets across 3 plans covering 19,998 participants.

By assets, Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan outranks 99% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 22x 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 Georgetown University Defined Contribution 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)$2.0B
Total Assets (End of Year)$2.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.2B
Net Income$260M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN530196603
Plan Effective Date1969-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Georgetown University)

$2.8B$3B$3.2B$3.4B$3.6B 202220232024 $2.89B $3.45B ▲ +19.4%
Total plan assets by year, all Georgetown University 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 18,588 $2.9B
2023 3 20,622 $3.3B
2024 3 19,998 $3.4B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan holds $2.2B in total assets with 4,981 participants. It is sponsored by Georgetown University.
What type of plan is Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan?
Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1969-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 530196603.
Who sponsors the Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan?
Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is sponsored by Georgetown University, located in District of Columbia. The sponsor's EIN is 530196603 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan perform in 2023?
Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.2% during 2023, moving from $2.0B to $2.2B in total assets. Net income was $260M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Georgetown University Defined Contribution 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 District of Columbia. Compare plans
  • Georgetown University's sponsor-wide assets have grown 19.1% 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 530196603.

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.