Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Board of Trustees - Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$609M
Total assets Above avg plan size
18,598
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$32,719
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund · Sponsored by Board of Trustees - Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund · New York · Finance & Insurance

$609M in assets, 18,598 participants

Board of Trustees - Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund's The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund reported $609M in total assets and 18,598 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #8,187 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)

Coverage in New York

The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund covers 18,598 participants in New York, 23x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $609M.

#8,187
in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
+3.0%
assets growth YoY
6.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund's outsized position by total assets

The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$608,508,366 Top 2% higher than 98% of 123,620 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 2024

The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund'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. The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund is a mega filing (18,598 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund reported net income rose from -$5M in the plan year 2023 filing to $16M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund reported participants fell from 19,570 in the plan year 2023 filing to 18,598 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund end-of-year assets rose from $591M in the plan year 2023 filing to $609M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 820994119 · Board of Trustees - Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund · $609M · 18,598 · 98th

  • EIN $609M
  • RANK 18,598
  • PHOTO 98th
  • IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EOY near Pension Plan for Employees of Dartmouth-Hitchcock
  • 5500 ind #8187

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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund in the asset neighbourhood

Pension Plan for Employees of Dartmouth-HitchcockPension Plan for Employees o…$609MThe Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement FundThe Legacy Plan of the Unite…$609MBanco Popular De Puerto Rico Retirement PlanBanco Popular De Puerto Rico…$607MSmart Local 265 Pension Fund$607MRetirement Plan for Children's Hospital & Research Center at OaklandRetirement Plan for Children…$607M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$591M
Net Assets (End of Year)$601M
Net Income$16M
Employer EIN820994119
Plan Effective Date2018-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees - Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees - Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.1B 21.4094054107079% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.8B$0.9B$1B$1.1B 202220232024 $0.87B $1.06B ▲ +21.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 58,625 $872M
2023 2 61,879 $940M
2024 2 59,771 $1.1B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund, Total assets ($B): 0.608508366 · Participants: 18598The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement FundIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.919858993 · Participants: 48014IBM Personal Pension Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.913316696 · Participants: 1118331199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.588456377 · Participants: 10608Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.970337119 · Participants: 8876Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanGE Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.92290143 · Participants: 5829GE Energy Pension Plan
The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund

The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund reports $609M in end-of-year assets across 18,598 participants (0.005% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.020% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $32,719 per participant (24% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $16M.

This plan identity (EIN 820994119, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $610M to $609M (-0.2%) while covered participants moved from 18,942 to 18,598 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 18,942 $610M Open filing
2023 19,570 $591M Open filing
2024 · index core 18,598 $609M This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan for Employees of Dartmouth-Hitchcock in NH ($609M); by covered participants it is Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan in VA (18,657 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,598 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund assets move in 2024?
The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund edged up modestly - up 3.0% during 2024, from $591M to $609M. Reported net income was $16M.
How have Board of Trustees - Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees - Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund's sponsor-wide assets grew 21.4%, from $872M to $1.1B.
Where does The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pension Plan for Employees of Dartmouth-Hitchcock in NH ($609M, 1,373 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan in VA (18,657 participants, $2.1B in assets).