Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute C/O Controllers Office Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $221M
- Total assets
- 57
- Participants
- 95th
- Percentile by assets
- $3.9M
- Avg per participant
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.
- 95th percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- #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.
- $221M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 57
- covered participants
- 95th
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $3.9M
- avg assets per participant
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.
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.
Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute outranks 95% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 2.2x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
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)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 3,295 | $569M |
| 2023 | 3 | 3,456 | $629M |
| 2024 | 3 | 3,725 | $668M |
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Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
- 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
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute by total assets, not by location.
- 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
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