Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Howard University Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 6,543
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $183,329
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Howard University Savings Plan · Sponsored by Howard University · District of Columbia · Educational Services
$1.2B in assets, 6,543 participants
Howard University's Howard University Savings Plan reported $1.2B in total assets and 6,543 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.
- #3,570 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
Coverage in District of Columbia
Howard University Savings Plan covers 6,543 participants in District of Columbia, 4.5x the typical District of Columbia plan (state average ~1,456 per filing). Assets: $1.2B.
- #3,570
- in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
- +8.0%
- assets growth YoY
- 12×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Howard University Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Howard University Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$1,199,524,542 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Howard University Savings 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. Howard University Savings Plan lands in the large band (6,543 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Howard University Savings Plan reported net income fell from $100M in the plan year 2023 filing to $89M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Howard University Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.1B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.2B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Howard University Savings Plan reported participants fell from 6,611 in the plan year 2023 filing to 6,543 in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 530204707 · Howard University PY 2024 · Other
Howard University Savings Plan · $1.2B · 6,543 · 99th
- NET $1.2B
- NET 6,543
- NET 99th
- NET Other
- NET near Northwestern University Voluntary Savings Plan
- NET ind #3570
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 District of Columbia →
Howard University Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
District of Columbia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.2B |
| Net Income | $89M |
| Employer EIN | 530204707 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1977-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Howard University)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Howard University plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.9B 15.892875371326598% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 6,178 | $1.6B |
| 2023 | 2 | 7,518 | $1.8B |
| 2024 | 2 | 7,390 | $1.9B |
Nearby Other Plans in District of Columbia
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' Pension Benefit Fund $2.8B · 450,729
- Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan $2.5B · 4,882
- American University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan $1.4B · 5,480
- Georgetown University Voluntary Contribution Retirement Plan $979M · 14,512
- The Catholic University of America Retirement Plan $606M · 2,004
Scale composition for Howard University Savings Plan
Howard University Savings Plan reports $1.2B in end-of-year assets across 6,543 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $183,329 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $89M.
This plan identity (EIN 530204707, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.0B to $1.2B (+18.7%) while covered participants moved from 5,159 to 6,543 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,159 | $1.0B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 6,611 | $1.1B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 6,543 | $1.2B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Howard University Employees' Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $670M, 847 participants)
Howard University Savings Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside District of Columbia, the nearest Other by assets is Northwestern University Voluntary Savings Plan in IL ($1.2B); by covered participants it is St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Defined Contribution Retirement Plan in TN (6,588 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.2B here).
- Northwestern University Voluntary Savings Plan (IL) $1.2B · 12,219
- Villanova University Retirement Savings Plan (PA) $1.2B · 3,166
- Bronson Healthcare Group, Inc. 403(b) Tax Sheltered Matching Plan (MI) $1.2B · 8,795
- Retirement Savings Plan for Employees of West Penn Allegheny Health System (PA) $1.2B · 7,174
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,543 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (TN) 6,588 · 45 off
- Iron Workers' Mid-America Supplemental Monthly Annuity (Sma) Fund (IL) 6,642 · 99 off
- Roper St. Francis Healthcare 403(b) Plan (SC) 6,443 · 100 off
- Samaritan Health Services Tax Sheltered Annuity Pl (OR) 6,429 · 114 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.