Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. Money Purchase Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $428M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 1,531
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 97th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $279,602
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Aura, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust · Sponsored by Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. · District of Columbia · Professional & Technical Services
$428M in assets, 1,531 participants
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.'s Aura, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust reported $428M in total assets and 1,531 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- #19,701 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
Where Aura, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust sits by assets
Aura, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $428M for 1,531 participants (~$279,602/participant), up 12.5% in 2024.
- #19,701
- in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
- +12.5%
- assets growth YoY
- 4.3×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Aura, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust's outsized position by total assets
Aura, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$428,070,601 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Aura, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust'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. Aura, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust lands in the large band (1,531 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Aura, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust end-of-year assets rose from $381M in the plan year 2023 filing to $428M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Aura, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust reported net income fell from $53M in the plan year 2023 filing to $47M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Aura, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust reported participants rose from 1,394 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,531 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 860138043 · Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. PY 2024 · Money Purchase
Aura, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust · $428M · 1,531 · 97th
- PART $428M
- TYPE 1,531
- NET 97th
- BOOK Money Purchase
- VS-ST near Cascade Pension Trust Money Purchase Pension Plan
- BOY ind #19701
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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in District of Columbia →
Aura, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $381M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $428M |
| Net Income | $47M |
| Employer EIN | 860138043 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1985-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $727M 28.634045852569166% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 2,726 | $565M |
| 2023 | 2 | 2,755 | $654M |
| 2024 | 2 | 3,012 | $727M |
Nearby Money Purchase Plans in District of Columbia
Peer Money Purchase plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Nas Primary Retirement Plan $398M · 1,200
- Carnegie Institution of Washington Retirement Plan $242M · 514
- National Democratic Institute for International Affairs Money Purchase Pension Plan $64M · 309
- Nfl Players Association Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust $57M · 99
- Resources for the Future, Inc. 401(a) Retirement Plan $48M · 70
Aura, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan and Trust's out-of-state Money Purchase peers by assets and headcount
Outside District of Columbia, the nearest Money Purchase by assets is Cascade Pension Trust Money Purchase Pension Plan in OR ($425M); by covered participants it is Arkansas Chapter NECA-IBEW Retirement Plan in AR (1,529 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($428M here).
- Cascade Pension Trust Money Purchase Pension Plan (OR) $425M · 2,355
- I.B.E.W Local 697 Defined Contribution Plan (IN) $433M · 986
- IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan (TN) $434M · 2,070
- Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Retirement Plan (NY) $443M · 332
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,531 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Arkansas Chapter NECA-IBEW Retirement Plan (AR) 1,529 · 2 off
- Midwest Pipe Trades Retirement Plan (TN) 1,544 · 13 off
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Seventh District Retirement Benefit and Trust Fund (TX) 1,513 · 18 off
- Pamcah-Ua Local 675 Annuity Plan (HI) 1,504 · 27 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.