Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Bowdoin College Money Purchase Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $277M
- Total assets
- 892
- Participants
- 95th
- Percentile by assets
- $310,398
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Bowdoin College Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Bowdoin College · Maine · Educational Services
$277M in assets, 892 participants
Bowdoin College's Bowdoin College Retirement Plan reported $277M in total assets and 892 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.
- 95th percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- #3,374 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
Where Bowdoin College Retirement Plan sits by assets
Bowdoin College Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $277M for 892 participants (~$310,398/participant), up 8.5% in 2024.
- $277M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 892
- covered participants
- 95th
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $310,398
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Bowdoin College Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $32M in the plan year 2023 filing to $22M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Bowdoin College Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $255M in the plan year 2023 filing to $277M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Bowdoin College Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 860 in the plan year 2023 filing to 892 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Bowdoin College Retirement Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, Bowdoin College Retirement Plan outranks 95% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 2.8x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $255M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $277M |
| Net Income | $22M |
| Employer EIN | 010215213 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1988-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bowdoin College)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 841 | $223M |
| 2023 | 1 | 860 | $255M |
| 2024 | 1 | 892 | $277M |
Nearby Money Purchase Plans in Maine
Peer Money Purchase plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Bowdoin College Retirement Plan vs. nearby Money Purchase plans in Maine, assets vs. participants
- Bates College Money Purchase Pension Plan $173M · 732
- Mainegeneral Health Retirement Income Plan $87M · 4,718
- Verrill Dana LLP Pension Plan $59M · 232
- Northeast Radiation Oncology Pension Plan $4M · 5
Similar-Sized Money Purchase Plans Nationally
Money Purchase plans in other states closest to Bowdoin College Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Local Union 400 IBEW Joint Annuity Plan (NJ) $276M · 705
- National Hockey League Players Pension Plan () $275M · 9
- Massachusetts Bricklayers & Masons Annuity Fund (MA) $273M · 2,114
- Construction Laborers Annuity Plan for Southern California (CA) $273M · 50,993
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Ways to act on Bowdoin College Retirement Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Bowdoin College Retirement Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Money Purchase plans in Maine. Compare plans
- Bowdoin College's sponsor-wide assets have grown 24.3% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans