Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute C/O Controllers Office Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $221M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 57
- Participants Small participant base
- 95th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $3.9M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Sponsored by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute C/O Controllers Office · New York · Educational Services
$221M in assets, 57 participants
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute C/O Controllers Office's Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute reported $221M in total assets and 57 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.
- #3,312 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
Where Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute sits by assets
Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $221M for 57 participants (~$3.9M/participant), down 6.0% in 2024.
- #3,312
- in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
- -6.0%
- assets change YoY
- 2.2×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $17M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's outsized position by total assets
Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$220,841,141 Top 5% higher than 95% 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
Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a small filing (57 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute reported net income fell from -$2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$17M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute reported participants fell from 71 in the plan year 2023 filing to 57 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute end-of-year assets fell from $235M in the plan year 2023 filing to $221M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 141340095 · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute C/O Controllers Office PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · $221M · 57 · 95th
- EIN $221M
- RANK 57
- PHOTO 95th
- IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EOY near O'melveny & Myers LLP Cash Balance Plan
- 5500 ind #3312
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 →
Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $235M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $215M |
| Net Income | -$17M |
| Employer EIN | 141340095 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1944-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute C/O Controllers Office)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute C/O Controllers Office plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $668M 17.307227543220396% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 3,295 | $569M |
| 2023 | 3 | 3,456 | $629M |
| 2024 | 3 | 3,725 | $668M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- IBM Personal Pension Plan $17.9B · 48,014
- 1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund $16.9B · 111,833
- Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan $15.6B · 10,608
- Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan $10.0B · 8,876
- GE Energy Pension Plan $8.9B · 5,829
Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is O'melveny & Myers LLP Cash Balance Plan in CA ($221M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan B of the American College of Physicians, Inc. in PA (57 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($221M here).
- O'melveny & Myers LLP Cash Balance Plan (CA) $221M · 243
- IBEW Local 716 Pension Plan (TX) $221M · 2,138
- Insurance Organizations Employees' Retirement Plan (MI) $221M · 611
- Cleveland-Cliffs Hibbing Management Pension Plan (IL) $221M · 638
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (57 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.