Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Donaldson Company, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$178M
Total assets
974
Participants
94th
Percentile by assets
$183,088
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan · Sponsored by Donaldson Company, Inc. · Minnesota · Manufacturing

$178M in assets, 974 participants

Donaldson Company, Inc.'s Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan reported $178M in total assets and 974 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • 94th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan holds $178M for 974 participants - about $183,088 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, down 2.8% over the 2023 plan year.

$178M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
974
covered participants
94th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$183,088
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $5M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan

Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Donaldson Company, Inc., headquartered in Minnesota. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $178M in total end-of-year assets and covers 974 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 410222640, and the plan has been effective since 1955-10-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged down modestly from $183M at the beginning of 2023 to $178M at year-end - down 2.8%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $178M, with reported net income of -$5M 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 Donaldson Company, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $939M to $827M, a decline of 11.9%, while reported participants moved from 5,542 to 4,227 (-23.7%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $1.0B; the softest was 2024 at $827M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $939M in assets across 3 plans covering 5,542 participants; 2023 - $1.0B in assets across 3 plans covering 5,561 participants; 2024 - $827M in assets across 1 plan covering 4,227 participants.

By assets, Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan outranks 94% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.8x 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 Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension 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)$183M
Total Assets (End of Year)$178M
Net Assets (End of Year)$178M
Net Income-$5M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN410222640
Plan Effective Date1955-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Donaldson Company, Inc.)

$0.8B$0.9B$1B$1.1B 202220232024 $0.94B $0.83B ▼ -11.7%
Total plan assets by year, all Donaldson Company, Inc. 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 5,542 $939M
2023 3 5,561 $1.0B
2024 1 4,227 $827M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan holds $178M in total assets with 974 participants. It is sponsored by Donaldson Company, Inc..
What type of plan is Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan?
Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1955-10-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 410222640.
Who sponsors the Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan?
Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan is sponsored by Donaldson Company, Inc., located in Minnesota. The sponsor's EIN is 410222640 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan perform in 2023?
Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan edged down modestly - down 2.8% during 2023, moving from $183M to $178M in total assets. Net income was -$5M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan's numbers.

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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 410222640.

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.