Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

The Cultural Institutions Retirement System Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.6B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,665
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$235,241
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
PlainRetire home → About this data RSS: change history

Official DOL plan name: The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan · Sponsored by The Cultural Institutions Retirement System · New York · Other Services

$1.6B in assets, 6,665 participants

The Cultural Institutions Retirement System's The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan reported $1.6B in total assets and 6,665 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #7,846 in Other Services (7,857 peers)

Coverage in New York

The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan covers 6,665 participants in New York, 8.4x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $1.6B.

#7,846
in Other Services (7,857 peers)
+5.6%
assets growth YoY
16×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$1,567,883,106 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 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 2023

The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan lands in the large band (6,665 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan reported net income rose from $20M in the plan year 2022 filing to $91M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan reported participants rose from 6,188 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,665 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.6B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 112001170 · The Cultural Institutions Retirement System PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan · $1.6B · 6,665 · 99th

  • SCH $1.6B
  • EBSA 6,665
  • PART 99th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • NET near National Integrated Group Pension Plan
  • BOOK ind #7846

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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

The Cultural Institutions Pension PlanThe Cultural Institutions Pe…$1.6BNational Integrated Group Pension PlanNational Integrated Group Pe…$1.6BHarvard University Retirement PlanHarvard University Retiremen…$1.6BThomson Reuters Group Pension PlanThomson Reuters Group Pensio…$1.6BBosch Pension Plan$1.6B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.5B
Net Income$91M
Employer EIN112001170
Plan Effective Date1962-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The Cultural Institutions Retirement System)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Cultural Institutions Retirement System plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.4B 14.120225995090156% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2B$2.1B$2.2B$2.3B$2.4B$2.5B 202220232024 $2.11B $2.41B ▲ +14.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 14,163 $2.1B
2023 2 14,643 $2.2B
2024 2 15,100 $2.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 0102030 Total assets ($B) Participants The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.567883106 · Participants: 6665The Cultural Institutions Pension PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.955758896 · Participants: 14881IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.184377155 · Participants: 10779Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.16620463 · Participants: 1075821199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.955262618 · Participants: 9616Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.599669 · Participants: 12289Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I
The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan

The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan reports $1.6B in end-of-year assets across 6,665 participants (0.013% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $235,241 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $91M.

This plan identity (EIN 112001170, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.5B to $1.7B (+13.3%) while covered participants moved from 6,188 to 6,961 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,188 $1.5B Open filing
2023 6,665 $1.6B This page
2024 · index core 6,961 $1.7B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is National Integrated Group Pension Plan in PA ($1.6B); by covered participants it is Hii Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan in VA (6,658 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.6B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,665 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.6% during 2023, from $1.5B to $1.6B. Reported net income was $91M.
How have The Cultural Institutions Retirement System plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Cultural Institutions Retirement System's sponsor-wide assets grew 14.1%, from $2.1B to $2.4B.
Where does The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is National Integrated Group Pension Plan in PA ($1.6B, 2,291 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hii Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan in VA (6,658 participants, $605M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 112001170.

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.