Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Howard University Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,611
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$167,975
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Howard University Savings Plan · Sponsored by Howard University · District of Columbia · Educational Services

$1.1B in assets, 6,611 participants

Howard University's Howard University Savings Plan reported $1.1B in total assets and 6,611 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.

  • #3,669 in Educational Services (3,735 peers)

Coverage in District of Columbia

Howard University Savings Plan covers 6,611 participants in District of Columbia, 4.5x the typical District of Columbia plan (state average ~1,456 per filing). Assets: $1.1B.

#3,669
in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
+9.8%
assets growth YoY
11×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Howard University Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Howard University Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$1,110,483,572 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Howard University Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Howard University Savings Plan lands in the large band (6,611 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Howard University Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$143M in the plan year 2022 filing to $100M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Howard University Savings Plan reported participants rose from 5,159 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,611 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Howard University Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 530204707 · Howard University PY 2023 · Other

Howard University Savings Plan · $1.1B · 6,611 · 99th

  • RANK $1.1B
  • PHOTO 6,611
  • IND 99th
  • EOY Other
  • 5500 near St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
  • ASSETS ind #3669

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Educational Services retirement plans → · Plans in District of Columbia →

Howard University Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Loyola University Chicago Defined Contribution Retirement PlanLoyola University Chicago De…$1.1BSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital Defined Contribution Retirement PlanSt. Jude Children's Research…$1.1BBaptist Health Thrift Plan$1.1BHoward University Savings PlanHoward University Savings Pl…$1.1BNorthwestern University Voluntary Savings PlanNorthwestern University Volu…$1.1B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Howard University Savings Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

District of Columbia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.1B
Net Income$100M
Employer EIN530204707
Plan Effective Date1977-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Howard University)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Howard University plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.9B 15.892875371326598% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.5B$1.6B$1.7B$1.8B$1.9B 202220232024 $1.61B $1.87B ▲ +16.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 6,178 $1.6B
2023 2 7,518 $1.8B
2024 2 7,390 $1.9B

Nearby Other Plans in District of Columbia

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Howard University Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in District of Columbia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000400000500000 00.511.522.53 Total assets ($B) Participants Howard University Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.110483572 · Participants: 6611Howard University Savings PlanInt'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' Pension Benefit Fund, Total assets ($B): 2.573431912 · Participants: 431907Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' Pension Benefit FundGeorgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.233326595 · Participants: 4981Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement PlanAmerican University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.269733433 · Participants: 2668American University Defined Contribution Retirement PlanGeorgetown University Voluntary Contribution Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.864736688 · Participants: 15030Georgetown University Voluntary Contribution Retirement PlanThe Catholic University of America Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.560687073 · Participants: 1716The Catholic University of America Retirement Plan
Howard University Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in District of Columbia, assets vs. participants
Compare Howard University Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Howard University Savings Plan

Howard University Savings Plan reports $1.1B in end-of-year assets across 6,611 participants (0.009% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $167,975 per participant (1.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $100M.

This plan identity (EIN 530204707, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.0B to $1.2B (+18.7%) while covered participants moved from 5,159 to 6,543 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 5,159 $1.0B Open filing
2023 6,611 $1.1B This page
2024 · index core 6,543 $1.2B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Howard University Savings Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside District of Columbia, the nearest Other by assets is St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Defined Contribution Retirement Plan in TN ($1.1B); by covered participants it is The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. Retirement Plan in WI (6,591 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,611 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Howard University Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Howard University Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.8% during 2023, from $1.0B to $1.1B. Reported net income was $100M.
How have Howard University plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Howard University's sponsor-wide assets grew 15.9%, from $1.6B to $1.9B.
Where does Howard University Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Howard University Savings Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Howard University Savings Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Defined Contribution Retirement Plan in TN ($1.1B, 6,010 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Howard University Savings Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. Retirement Plan in WI (6,591 participants, $2.3B in assets).

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 530204707.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.