Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$12.6B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
22,753
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$552,372
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan · Sponsored by The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · California · Educational Services

$12.6B in assets, 22,753 participants

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan reported $12.6B in total assets and 22,753 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #3,638 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)

Coverage in California

Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan covers 22,753 participants in California, 36x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $12.6B.

#3,638
in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
+13.8%
assets growth YoY
126×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$12,568,126,014 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan'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. Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan is a mega filing (22,753 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $11.0B in the plan year 2023 filing to $12.6B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $1.7B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.5B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 21,674 in the plan year 2023 filing to 22,753 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 941156365 · The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University PY 2024 · Other

Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan · $12.6B · 22,753 · 100th

  • EBSA $12.6B
  • EBSA 22,753
  • EBSA 100th
  • EBSA Other
  • EBSA near Mayo 403(b) Plan
  • EBSA ind #3638

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 California →

Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Mayo 403(b) Plan$12.8BStanford Contributory Retirement PlanStanford Contributory Retire…$12.6BThe Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement PlanThe Duke University Faculty …$11.0BNorthwell Health 403(b) Plan$10.9BThe Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement PlanThe Mount Sinai Medical Cent…$9.5B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$11.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$12.6B
Net Income$1.5B
Employer EIN941156365
Plan Effective Date1957-04-18
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$12.8B 33.129182656534375% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$9B$10B$11B$12B$13B$14B 202220232024 $9.59B $12.8B ▲ +33.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 23,308 $9.6B
2023 2 22,397 $11.2B
2024 2 23,406 $12.8B

Nearby Other Plans in California

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000400005000060000 051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.568126014 · Participants: 22753Stanford Contributory Retirement PlanSutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.632419022 · Participants: 54954Sutter Health 403(b) Savings PlanStanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.931286515 · Participants: 24152Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings PlanCaltech Base Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.246676378 · Participants: 10970Caltech Base Retirement PlanUniversity of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.81831751 · Participants: 20886University of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity PlanCedars-Sinai 403b Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.614347784 · Participants: 11878Cedars-Sinai 403b Retirement Plan
Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan

Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan reports $12.6B in end-of-year assets across 22,753 participants (0.10% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.024% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $552,372 per participant (4.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $1.5B.

This plan identity (EIN 941156365, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $9.4B to $12.6B (+33.9%) while covered participants moved from 22,514 to 22,753 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 22,514 $9.4B Open filing
2023 21,674 $11.0B Open filing
2024 · index core 22,753 $12.6B This page

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

Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Other by assets is Mayo 403(b) Plan in MN ($12.8B); by covered participants it is Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan in NY (22,606 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($12.6B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (22,753 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 Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan assets move in 2024?
Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.8% during 2024, from $11.0B to $12.6B. Reported net income was $1.5B.
How have The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's sponsor-wide assets grew 33.1%, from $9.6B to $12.8B.
Where does Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan ranks in the 100th 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 Other plans are similar in size to Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Mayo 403(b) Plan in MN ($12.8B, 85,933 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan in NY (22,606 participants, $6.4B in assets).