Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Santa Clara University Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$401M
Total assets
1,999
Participants
97th
Percentile by assets
$200,643
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan · Sponsored by Santa Clara University · California · Educational Services

$401M in assets, 1,999 participants

Santa Clara University's Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan reported $401M in total assets and 1,999 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

Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan holds $401M for 1,999 participants - about $200,643 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 16.8% over the 2023 plan year.

$401M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
1,999
covered participants
97th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$200,643
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Educational Services

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan

Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Santa Clara University, headquartered in California. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $401M in total end-of-year assets and covers 1,999 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 941156617, and the plan has been effective since 1997-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew sharply from $343M at the beginning of 2023 to $401M at year-end - up 16.8%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $401M, with reported net income of $58M 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 Santa Clara University has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $732M to $980M, a gain of 33.9%, while reported participants moved from 3,837 to 3,746 (-2.4%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $980M; the softest was 2022 at $732M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $732M in assets across 2 plans covering 3,837 participants; 2023 - $856M in assets across 2 plans covering 4,077 participants; 2024 - $980M in assets across 2 plans covering 3,746 participants.

By assets, Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity 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 Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity 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)$401M
Net Assets (End of Year)$401M
Net Income$58M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN941156617
Plan Effective Date1997-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Santa Clara University)

$700M$800M$900M$1,000M$1,100M 202220232024 $732M $980M ▲ +33.9%
Total plan assets by year, all Santa Clara University 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 3,837 $732M
2023 2 4,077 $856M
2024 2 3,746 $980M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan holds $401M in total assets with 1,999 participants. It is sponsored by Santa Clara University.
What type of plan is Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan?
Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1997-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 941156617.
Who sponsors the Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan?
Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan is sponsored by Santa Clara University, located in California. The sponsor's EIN is 941156617 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan perform in 2023?
Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan grew sharply - up 16.8% during 2023, moving from $343M to $401M in total assets. Net income was $58M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Santa Clara University Tax-Deferred Annuity 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 California. Compare plans
  • Santa Clara University's sponsor-wide assets have grown 33.9% 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 941156617.

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.