Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$305M
Total assets
1,072
Participants
96th
Percentile by assets
$284,785
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Kamehameha Schools · Hawaii · Educational Services

What the 2023 filing shows

Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan holds $305M for 1,072 participants - about $284,785 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, down 2.9% over the 2023 plan year.

$305M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
1,072
covered participants
96th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$284,785
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $11M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Educational Services

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan

Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Kamehameha Schools, headquartered in Hawaii. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $305M in total end-of-year assets and covers 1,072 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 990073480, and the plan has been effective since 1972-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged down modestly from $315M at the beginning of 2023 to $305M at year-end - down 2.9%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $300M, with reported net income of -$11M 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 Kamehameha Schools has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $774M to $658M, a decline of 15.0%, while reported participants moved from 4,573 to 2,881 (-37.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $867M; the softest was 2024 at $658M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $774M in assets across 3 plans covering 4,573 participants; 2023 - $867M in assets across 3 plans covering 3,921 participants; 2024 - $658M in assets across 2 plans covering 2,881 participants.

By assets, Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan outranks 96% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 3.1x 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 Kamehameha Schools 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)$315M
Total Assets (End of Year)$305M
Net Assets (End of Year)$300M
Net Income-$11M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN990073480
Plan Effective Date1972-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Kamehameha Schools)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 4,573 $774M
2023 3 3,921 $867M
2024 2 2,881 $658M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan holds $305M in total assets with 1,072 participants. It is sponsored by Kamehameha Schools.
What type of plan is Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan?
Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1972-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 990073480.
Who sponsors the Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan?
Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan is sponsored by Kamehameha Schools, located in Hawaii. The sponsor's EIN is 990073480 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan perform in 2023?
Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan edged down modestly - down 2.9% during 2023, moving from $315M to $305M in total assets. Net income was -$11M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Kamehameha Schools Retirement Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Hawaii. Compare plans
  • Kamehameha Schools's sponsor-wide assets have declined 15.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans
  • A Defined Benefit (Pension) 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 990073480.

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 2026-05-15.