Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$547M
Total assets Above avg plan size
9,614
Participants Very large workforce
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$56,920
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Cook Children's Health Care System · Texas · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$547M in assets, 9,614 participants

Cook Children's Health Care System's Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan reported $547M in total assets and 9,614 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.

  • #16,485 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan covers 9,614 participants in Texas, 14x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $547M.

#16,485
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
+17.3%
assets growth YoY
5.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$547,225,955 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan'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. Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan lands in the large band (9,614 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $467M in the plan year 2023 filing to $547M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 8,218 in the plan year 2023 filing to 9,614 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $91M in the plan year 2023 filing to $81M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 752705881 · Cook Children's Health Care System PY 2024 · Other

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan · $547M · 9,614 · 97th

  • TYPE $547M
  • NET 9,614
  • BOOK 97th
  • VS-ST Other
  • BOY near Electrical Workers Local 369 Retirement Fund
  • SCH ind #16485

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 Healthcare & Social Assistance retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

New York Institute of Technology Defined Contribution Retirement PlanNew York Institute of Techno…$550MCollege Entrance Examination Board Tax-Deferred Annuity PlanCollege Entrance Examination…$549MElectrical Workers Local 369 Retirement FundElectrical Workers Local 369…$549MCook Children's Health Care System Retirement PlanCook Children's Health Care …$547MNyu Langone Hospital-Long Island 403(b) PlanNyu Langone Hospital-Long Is…$544M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$467M
Net Assets (End of Year)$547M
Net Income$81M
Employer EIN752705881
Plan Effective Date1997-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cook Children's Health Care System)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Cook Children's Health Care System plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.4B 44.075000019709364% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.8B$1B$1.2B$1.4B 202220232024 $0.94B $1.35B ▲ +43.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 15,277 $939M
2023 2 17,111 $1.2B
2024 2 19,418 $1.4B

Nearby Other Plans in Texas

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

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 010000200003000040000 01234 Total assets ($B) Participants Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.547225955 · Participants: 9614Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement PlanMemorial Hermann Health System Employees' Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.324994911 · Participants: 33543Memorial Hermann Health System Employees' Retirement Savings PlanThe Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of the Methodist Hospital, Total assets ($B): 3.003130654 · Participants: 32299The Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of the Methodist HospitalBaylor College of Medicine Section 403b, Total assets ($B): 2.177950858 · Participants: 13205Baylor College of Medicine Section 403bThe Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of Texas Children's Hospital, Total assets ($B): 2.141432234 · Participants: 16971The Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of Texas Children's HospitalSouthwest Research Institute Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.698290111 · Participants: 3107Southwest Research Institute Retirement Plan
Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Texas, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan reports $547M in end-of-year assets across 9,614 participants (0.004% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $56,920 per participant (41% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $81M.

This plan identity (EIN 752705881, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $376M to $547M (+45.7%) while covered participants moved from 7,398 to 9,614 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 7,398 $376M Open filing
2023 8,218 $467M Open filing
2024 · index core 9,614 $547M This page

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

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Other by assets is Electrical Workers Local 369 Retirement Fund in KY ($549M); by covered participants it is Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan in WA (9,721 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,614 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 Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan assets move in 2024?
Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 17.3% during 2024, from $467M to $547M. Reported net income was $81M.
How have Cook Children's Health Care System plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Cook Children's Health Care System's sponsor-wide assets grew 44.1%, from $939M to $1.4B.
Where does Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan ranks in the 97th 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 Other plans are similar in size to Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Electrical Workers Local 369 Retirement Fund in KY ($549M, 3,633 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan in WA (9,721 participants, $284M in assets).