Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $197M
- Total assets
- 653
- Participants
- 94th
- Percentile by assets
- $302,323
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Stanford University Staff Retirement Annuity Plan · Sponsored by The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · California · Educational Services
$197M in assets, 653 participants
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's Stanford University Staff Retirement Annuity Plan reported $197M in total assets and 653 participants in its 2024 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 123,622 plans)
- #3,286 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
Where Stanford University Staff Retirement Annuity Plan sits by assets
Stanford University Staff Retirement Annuity Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $197M for 653 participants (~$302,323/participant), down 5.5% in 2024.
- $197M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 653
- covered participants
- 94th
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $302,323
- 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.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Stanford University Staff Retirement Annuity Plan reported net income fell from $6M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$11M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Stanford University Staff Retirement Annuity Plan reported participants fell from 723 in the plan year 2023 filing to 653 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Stanford University Staff Retirement Annuity Plan end-of-year assets fell from $209M in the plan year 2023 filing to $197M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Stanford University Staff Retirement Annuity Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, Stanford University Staff Retirement Annuity Plan outranks 94% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 2.0x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $209M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $197M |
| Net Income | -$11M |
| Employer EIN | 941156365 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1949-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 23,308 | $9.6B |
| 2023 | 2 | 22,397 | $11.2B |
| 2024 | 2 | 23,406 | $12.8B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Stanford University Staff Retirement Annuity Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $34.5B · 135,057
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $17.6B · 27,500
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $11.4B · 18,983
- Western States Carpenters Pension Plan $11.3B · 48,582
- Ilwu-Pma Pension Plan $10.8B · 15,833
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Stanford University Staff Retirement Annuity Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Sylvamo Pension Plan (TN) $197M · 818
- Local 309 Wiremans Pension Trust (MO) $198M · 433
- Pension Plan of Steamfitters Pension Fund 475 (NJ) $198M · 464
- Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Cash Balance Retirement Plan (NC) $196M · 9,540
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- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's sponsor-wide assets have grown 33.1% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans