Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Salk Institute for Biological Studies Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-07-24
- $311M
- Total assets
- 864
- Participants
- 96th
- Percentile by assets
- $360,049
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: The Salk Institute Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Salk Institute for Biological Studies · California · Professional & Technical Services
$311M in assets, 864 participants
Salk Institute for Biological Studies's The Salk Institute Retirement Plan reported $311M in total assets and 864 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.
- 96th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
Where The Salk Institute Retirement Plan sits by assets
The Salk Institute Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $311M for 864 participants (~$360,049/participant), up 4.0% in 2024.
- $311M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 864
- covered participants
- 96th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $360,049
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- The Salk Institute Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $36M in the plan year 2023 filing to $12M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Salk Institute Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $299M in the plan year 2023 filing to $311M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Salk Institute Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 876 in the plan year 2023 filing to 864 in the plan year 2024 filing.
The Salk Institute Retirement Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, The Salk Institute Retirement Plan outranks 96% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 3.1x the national average plan size of $100M (730 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $299M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $311M |
| Net Income | $12M |
| Employer EIN | 952160097 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1964-06-11 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Salk Institute for Biological Studies)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 880 | $264M |
| 2023 | 1 | 876 | $299M |
| 2024 | 1 | 864 | $311M |
Nearby Other Plans in California
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
The Salk Institute Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants
- Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan $12.6B · 22,753
- Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan $7.6B · 54,954
- Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan $6.9B · 24,152
- Caltech Base Retirement Plan $5.2B · 10,970
- University of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan $4.8B · 20,886
Similar-Sized Other Plans Nationally
Other plans in other states closest to The Salk Institute Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Denison University Retirement Plan (OH) $310M · 1,126
- Middlebury College Voluntary Retirement Plan (VT) $312M · 1,028
- The University of Chicago Medical Center Contributory Retirement Plan (IL) $310M · 1,585
- Operating Engineers Local 428 Annuity Trust Fund (AZ) $313M · 7,789
Frequently Asked Questions
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Ways to act on The Salk Institute Retirement Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, The Salk Institute 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 Other plans in California. Compare plans
- Salk Institute for Biological Studies's sponsor-wide assets have grown 18.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Professional & Technical Services plans
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.
Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 952160097.
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