Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Trustees of Columbia University C/O Benefits Department Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$45M
Total assets Below avg plan size
301
Participants Below avg headcount
83rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$150,372
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties · Sponsored by Trustees of Columbia University C/O Benefits Department · New York · Educational Services

$45M in assets, 301 participants

Trustees of Columbia University C/O Benefits Department's Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties reported $45M in total assets and 301 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 83rd 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.

  • #2,546 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)

Coverage in New York

Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties covers 301 participants in New York, about 38% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $45M.

#2,546
in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
+4.5%
assets growth YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties vs every filed plan by assets

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

$45,262,117 Top 17% higher than 83% 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

Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties sits mid-pack in the medium band (301 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties reported net income rose from -$284K in the plan year 2023 filing to $2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties reported participants rose from 288 in the plan year 2023 filing to 301 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties end-of-year assets rose from $43M in the plan year 2023 filing to $45M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 135598093 · Trustees of Columbia University C/O Benefits Department PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties · $45M · 301 · 83rd

  • EIN $45M
  • EIN 301
  • EIN 83rd
  • EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Retirement Income Plan for Employees of Sae International
  • EIN ind #2546

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 New York →

Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$43M
Net Assets (End of Year)$45M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN135598093
Plan Effective Date1976-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Trustees of Columbia University C/O Benefits Department)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Trustees of Columbia University C/O Benefits Department plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$10.9B 27.120545778062127% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$8B$10B$12B$14B 202220232024 $8.55B $10.9B ▲ +27.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 8 36,618 $8.5B
2023 7 56,957 $12.7B
2024 6 43,434 $10.9B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties, Total assets ($B): 0.045262117 · Participants: 301Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University PropertiesIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.919858993 · Participants: 48014IBM Personal Pension Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.913316696 · Participants: 1118331199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.588456377 · Participants: 10608Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.970337119 · Participants: 8876Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanGE Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.92290143 · Participants: 5829GE Energy Pension Plan
Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Income Plan for Employees of Sae International in PA ($45M); by covered participants it is Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Employees Retirement Plan in IL (301 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (301 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 Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties assets move in 2024? ▼
Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties edged up modestly - up 4.5% during 2024, from $43M to $45M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Trustees of Columbia University C/O Benefits Department plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Trustees of Columbia University C/O Benefits Department's sponsor-wide assets grew 27.1%, from $8.5B to $10.9B.
Where does Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties ranks in the 83rd percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Income Plan for Employees of Sae International in PA ($45M, 67 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan for Building and Maintenance Employees of Columbia University Properties? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Employees Retirement Plan in IL (301 participants, $159M 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 135598093.

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.