Form 5500 · Retirement plan · EVANSTON, IL
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
The filing calls this plan NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY RETIREMENT PLAN.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY of EVANSTON, IL's retirement plan holds 2 insurance-company contracts (annuities or guaranteed-interest accounts), disclosed on Schedule A of its Form 5500. These are investment and funding contracts, not group health or welfare coverage. No medical, dental or life benefit is reported on this filing.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 36-2167817 · plan 001 · plan year 2024, filed Sep 18, 2025
Plan brief
Schedule A lists 2 insurance contracts held by the plan — annuities, guaranteed-interest accounts or similar funding vehicles. The largest number are with METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
The contracts held $709,585,445 at the end of the plan year, as reported on Schedule A.
The filing discloses no agent commission on these contracts.
A Schedule A is filed for a retirement plan when plan assets sit in an insurance company contract. It reports the contract's balances and any agent commission. It does not report a health, dental or life premium, and it does not give a group renewal date.
The contract year ended in December.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Contract type | Covered | Year ends | Contract value | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Annuity / GIC | 370 | December | $12,896,895 | $0 |
| TIAA-CREF | Annuity / GIC | 8,658 | December | $696,688,550 | $0 |
Covered = persons covered at policy year end, as filed on Schedule A for that policy — often certificates or one class, not the whole plan. Premium = the filing’s own premium/charges figure; “—” means not credibly reported.
Administrator and service providers
Named on Schedule C of this filing. We publish company names only.
Reported to OSHA
Reported to OSHA for 2025: 14,994 employees, 34 recordable cases, 170 days away from work.
Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application establishment data, 2025.
What the plan holds
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · Schedule H
Who runs the plan
The recordkeeper and the accountant are named on Schedule C of this filing. The opinion and the fee are from Schedule H.
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