Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Board of Trustees of Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
4,997
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$455,921
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois · Sponsored by Board of Trustees of Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois · Illinois · Finance & Insurance

$2.3B in assets, 4,997 participants

Board of Trustees of Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois's Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois reported $2.3B in total assets and 4,997 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.

  • #8,428 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois covers 4,997 participants in Illinois, 6.4x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $2.3B.

#8,428
in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
+6.2%
assets growth YoY
23×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois's outsized position by total assets

Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,278,235,326 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois lands in the large band (4,997 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois reported net income rose from $79M in the plan year 2023 filing to $116M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois end-of-year assets rose from $2.1B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.3B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois reported participants rose from 4,750 in the plan year 2023 filing to 4,997 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 366147396 · Board of Trustees of Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois · $2.3B · 4,997 · 99th

  • PCT $2.3B
  • EIN 4,997
  • RANK 99th
  • PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near Yale University Retirement Plan for Staff Employees
  • EOY ind #8428

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 Illinois →

Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois in the asset neighbourhood

Boeing North American Retirement PlanBoeing North American Retire…$2.3BCsx Pension Plan$2.3BCarpenters Pension Fund of IllinoisCarpenters Pension Fund of I…$2.3BYale University Retirement Plan for Staff EmployeesYale University Retirement P…$2.3BJohns Hopkins Health System Corporation Retirement PlanJohns Hopkins Health System …$2.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.2B
Net Income$116M
Employer EIN366147396
Plan Effective Date1957-06-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees of Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees of Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.3B 10.909853044581364% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2B$2.1B$2.2B$2.3B$2.4B 202220232024 $2.05B $2.28B ▲ +11.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 4,731 $2.1B
2023 1 4,750 $2.1B
2024 1 4,997 $2.3B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 01000020000300004000050000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois, Total assets ($B): 2.278235326 · Participants: 4997Carpenters Pension Fund of IllinoisCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.22071058 · Participants: 36799Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 37.736369487 · Participants: 41619State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesGE Healthcare Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.74052931 · Participants: 5554GE Healthcare Pension PlanAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.591907247 · Participants: 17875Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement PlanUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.17675965 · Participants: 20984United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund
Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants

Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Yale University Retirement Plan for Staff Employees in CT ($2.3B); by covered participants it is L3harris Technologies Consolidated Pension Plan in FL (4,996 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,997 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 Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois assets move in 2024? ▼
Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois grew at a solid clip - up 6.2% during 2024, from $2.1B to $2.3B. Reported net income was $116M.
How have Board of Trustees of Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees of Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois's sponsor-wide assets grew 10.9%, from $2.1B to $2.3B.
Where does Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Yale University Retirement Plan for Staff Employees in CT ($2.3B, 7,789 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is L3harris Technologies Consolidated Pension Plan in FL (4,996 participants, $7.6B in assets).