Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$24M
Total assets Small plan by assets
95
Participants Small participant base
73rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$250,129
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan · Sponsored by Columbia College Chicago · Illinois · Educational Services

$24M in assets, 95 participants

Columbia College Chicago's Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan reported $24M in total assets and 95 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 73rd 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.

  • #2,072 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)

Columbia College Chicago multi-year trail

Columbia College Chicago's plans moved +20.1% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan at $24M / 95 participants.

#2,072
in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
-10.5%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $3M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$23,762,256 Top 27% higher than 73% 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

Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan is a small filing (95 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan reported net income fell from -$2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $27M in the plan year 2023 filing to $24M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan reported participants fell from 105 in the plan year 2023 filing to 95 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 366112087 · Columbia College Chicago PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan · $24M · 95 · 73rd

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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 Illinois →

Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Columbia College Chicago multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Columbia College Chicago plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$257M 20.067434053447304% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$200M$220M$240M$260M$280M 202220232024 $214M $257M ▲ +20.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,216 $214M
2023 2 2,113 $241M
2024 2 2,050 $257M

Columbia College Chicago filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$27M
Net Assets (End of Year)$24M
Net Income-$3M
Employer EIN366112087
Plan Effective Date1979-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.023762256 · Participants: 95Columbia College Chicago Pension PlanCentral 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
Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Lyons National Bank Pension Plan as a Member of the New York State Bankers Retirement System in NY ($24M); by covered participants it is United Bancorp, Inc. of Martins Ferry, Ohio Employees' Pension Plan in OH (95 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (95 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 Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan pulled back noticeably - down 10.5% during 2024, from $27M to $24M. Reported net income was -$3M.
How have Columbia College Chicago plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Columbia College Chicago's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.1%, from $214M to $257M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Lyons National Bank Pension Plan as a Member of the New York State Bankers Retirement System in NY ($24M, 185 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Columbia College Chicago Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is United Bancorp, Inc. of Martins Ferry, Ohio Employees' Pension Plan in OH (95 participants, $10M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 366112087.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.