Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Cornell University Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 14,648
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $206,226
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca · Sponsored by Cornell University · New York · Educational Services
$3.0B in assets, 14,648 participants
Cornell University's Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca reported $3.0B in total assets and 14,648 participants in its 2024 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.
- #3,617 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
Coverage in New York
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca covers 14,648 participants in New York, 18x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $3.0B.
- #3,617
- in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
- +9.3%
- assets growth YoY
- 30×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca's outsized position by total assets
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$3,020,798,450 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca is a mega filing (14,648 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca reported net income fell from $318M in the plan year 2023 filing to $257M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca end-of-year assets rose from $2.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $3.0B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca reported participants rose from 14,383 in the plan year 2023 filing to 14,648 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 150532082 · Cornell University PY 2024 · Other
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca · $3.0B · 14,648 · 99th
- RANK $3.0B
- RANK 14,648
- RANK 99th
- RANK Other
- RANK near The Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of the Methodist Hospital
- RANK ind #3617
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 New York →
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca in the asset neighbourhood
New York filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.0B |
| Net Income | $257M |
| Employer EIN | 150532082 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1937-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Cornell University)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Cornell University plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $9.5B 28.23795140741239% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 40,167 | $7.4B |
| 2023 | 5 | 47,891 | $8.6B |
| 2024 | 5 | 49,890 | $9.5B |
Nearby Other Plans in New York
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northwell Health 403(b) Plan $10.9B · 44,511
- The Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Plan $9.5B · 46,826
- University of Rochester Retirement Program $8.0B · 30,335
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan $6.4B · 22,606
- Retirement Plan for Officers of Columbia University $5.6B · 14,399
Scale composition for Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca reports $3.0B in end-of-year assets across 14,648 participants (0.025% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.016% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $206,226 per participant (1.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $257M.
This plan identity (EIN 150532082, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.4B to $3.0B (+23.5%) while covered participants moved from 14,145 to 14,648 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14,145 | $2.4B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 14,383 | $2.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 14,648 | $3.0B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Cornell University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan (Other, $2.4B, 12,764 participants)
- Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees (Other, $2.2B, 5,142 participants)
- Weill Cornell Medical College Tax Deferred Annuity Plan (Other, $1.6B, 12,676 participants)
- Weill Cornell Medical College Non-Exempt and Frozen Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $219M, 4,660 participants)
Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest Other by assets is The Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of the Methodist Hospital in TX ($3.0B); by covered participants it is Legacy Health 403(b) Plan in OR (14,590 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.0B here).
- The Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of the Methodist Hospital (TX) $3.0B · 32,299
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Pension Plan B (MD) $3.0B · 9,501
- Boston University Retirement Plan (MA) $3.0B · 8,173
- Beaumont Health 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan (MI) $3.0B · 34,160
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (14,648 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Legacy Health 403(b) Plan (OR) 14,590 · 58 off
- Honor Health 403(b) Retirement Security Plan (AZ) 14,781 · 133 off
- Georgetown University Voluntary Contribution Retirement Plan (DC) 14,512 · 136 off
- Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan (MI) 14,465 · 183 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.