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Original filing (PDF)20251016155007NAL0006466769001
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Form 5500
FILING_RECEIVED
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY RETIREMENT PLAN
403(b) retirement plan
Active participants
8,410
Accounts w/ balance
18,151
Plan assets (EOY)
$2.5B
Net assets (EOY)
$2.5B
How this plan invests
This plan
1 pooled trust
Schedule D
85 securities
funds · stocks · CUSIPs
Holdings are itemized directly on this plan's Schedule of Assets, below.
Plan health score (directional)
100
/ 100
Grade A
Top-tier plan health
Directional indicator computed from public Form 5500 data — compliance, concentration, cost, vendor stack and participation. Not a fiduciary tool.
Compliance & disclosures
100
Concentration risk
100
Total plan cost
100
Vendor stack
100
Participation health
100
Helping the score
- Below-peer total fees (3 bps vs 5 bps peer median).
Decision-maker contacts
CFO / Head of HR / Benefits Manager — verified email + LinkedIn for VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY.
Plan sponsor
Name
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
EIN
62-0476822
Address
PMB 407700 · 2301 VANDERBILT PLACE · NASHVILLE, TN · 372407700
Phone
(615) 343-4788
Industry
Educational Servicessee all
Plan administrator
Same as plan sponsor.
Plan characteristics
Plan number
001
Plan year
2024
Plan year begin
2024-01-01
Tax period
2024-12-31
Filed
2025-10-16
Pension benefit codes
2G · Total participant-directed accounts
2L · 403(b)(1) annuity
2M · 403(b)(7) custodial accounts
Audit & trust (Schedule H)
Auditor
BAKER TILLY US, LLP
Trustee / custodian
—
Trustee phone
—
Service providers (Schedule C)
2 rowsRecordkeeper
1| Name | EIN | Location | Relation | Direct comp | Indirect comp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL | 04-2647786 | — | RECORDKEEPER | $315K | — |
Advisor / Consultant
1| Name | EIN | Location | Relation | Direct comp | Indirect comp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. | 04-2654524 | — | ADVISOR | $346K | — |
Investments
84 direct securities · 1 pooled fund· $2.5B(100% of reported assets)
Rows tagged as a trust or pooled fund hold many underlying securities. Click one to drill into its own Schedule of Assets — where the individual funds, shares, and CUSIPs live.
Uncategorized
$2.5B
84 holdings
Pooled Separate Account
$19.0M
1 holding
| PI | Investment | Type | Shares / units | Cost | Current value | % of plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Institutional Index Fund | — | — | — | $279.1M | 11.1% | |
| TIAA Traditional Non Benefit Responsive | — | — | — | $250.2M | 10.0% | |
| CREF Stock | — | — | — | $233.3M | 9.3% | |
| Fidelity Self-directed BrokerageLink Account | — | — | — | $170.8M | 6.8% | |
| Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund | — | — | — | $131.4M | 5.2% | |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2035 Fund | — | — | — | $124.2M | 5.0% | |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2040 Fund | — | — | — | $123.3M | 4.9% | |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2030 Fund | — | — | — | $117.3M | 4.7% | |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund | — | — | — | $116.5M | 4.6% | |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 Fund | — | — | — | $93.3M | 3.7% | |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund | — | — | — | $79.5M | 3.2% | |
| CREF Growth | — | — | — | $53.8M | 2.1% | |
| Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund Investor Shares | — | — | — | $52.7M | 2.1% | |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2020 Fund | — | — | — | $48.2M | 1.9% | |
| Vanguard Small Cap Index I | — | — | — | $46.4M | 1.9% | |
| Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Institutional Shares | — | — | — | $44.5M | 1.8% | |
| CREF Global Equities | — | — | — | $42.3M | 1.7% | |
| Vanguard Total International Stock Investor Shares | — | — | — | $40.6M | 1.6% | |
| Vanguard Target Retirement Income | — | — | — | $39.7M | 1.6% | |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund | — | — | — | $39.3M | 1.6% | |
| TIAA Traditional Benefit Responsive | — | — | — | $38.6M | 1.5% | |
| Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund | — | — | — | $34.8M | 1.4% | |
| CREF Equity Index | — | — | — | $33.9M | 1.4% | |
| Conestoga SMID Cap Growth Fund Institutional Class | — | — | — | $26.9M | 1.1% | |
| CREF Social Choice | — | — | — | $23.2M | 0.9% | |
| Natixis Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Y | — | — | — | $22.4M | 0.9% | |
| TIAA REAL ESTATE TIAA-CREF · EIN 13-1624203 / PN 004 | Pooled Separate Account | — | — | $19.0M | 0.8% | |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors US Targeted Value I | — | — | — | $18.5M | 0.7% | |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund | — | — | — | $17.3M | 0.7% | |
| Harding Loevner International Equity | — | — | — | $16.4M | 0.7% | |
| Principal Fixed Account | — | — | — | $16.2M | 0.6% | |
| CREF Core Bond | — | — | — | $15.7M | 0.6% | |
| Dodge & Cox Global Stock | — | — | — | $14.8M | 0.6% | |
| CREF Money Market | — | — | — | $12.3M | 0.5% | |
| VALIC Fixed Account Plus | — | — | — | $9.1M | 0.4% | |
| CREF Inflation-Linked Bond | — | — | — | $9.0M | 0.4% | |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2065 Fund | — | — | — | $5.9M | 0.2% | |
| VALIC Short Term Fixed Account | — | — | — | $4.9M | 0.2% | |
| VALIC Stock Index Fund | — | — | — | $3.1M | 0.1% | |
| VALIC Mid Cap Index Fund | — | — | — | $2.7M | 0.1% | |
| VALIC Science & Technology Fund | — | — | — | $2.4M | <0.1% | |
| through 2039; secured by the vested account balances of participants -0- | — | — | — | $2.4M | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Vanguard Windsor II Fund Investor Shares | — | — | — | $2.3M | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Growth Fund | — | — | — | $1.8M | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Aggressive Growth Lifestyle | — | — | — | $1.4M | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Mid Cap Value Fund | — | — | — | $1.4M | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Mid Cap Strategic Growth | — | — | — | $1.4M | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Systematic Value | — | — | — | $1.3M | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Small Cap Index Fund | — | — | — | $1.2M | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Systematic Growth Fund | — | — | — | $1.1M | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Vanguard Wellington Fund, Inc. | — | — | — | $1.1M | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Small Cap Value Fund | — | — | — | $946K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Small Cap Growth Fund | — | — | — | $932K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Small Cap Special Value Fund | — | — | — | $807K | <0.1% | |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2070 Fund | — | — | — | $642K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Large Capital Growth | — | — | — | $636K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC International Growth Fund | — | — | — | $595K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Ariel Fund | — | — | — | $571K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Systematic Core Fund | — | — | — | $556K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC International Equities Index Fund | — | — | — | $544K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC International Value Fund | — | — | — | $492K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Moderate Growth Lifestyle | — | — | — | $442K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Loan Collateral and Escrow Fund | — | — | — | $431K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC NASDAQ-1OO(R) Index Fund | — | — | — | $388K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC International Opportunities | — | — | — | $352K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC VIT Government Money Market Fund | — | — | — | $342K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Core Bond Fund | — | — | — | $291K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Ariel Appreciation Fund | — | — | — | $281K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Global Strategy | — | — | — | $242K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Socially Responsible Fund | — | — | — | $205K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Vanguard Lifestrategy Growth | — | — | — | $188K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC International Socially Responsible Fund | — | — | — | $181K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Asset Allocation Fund | — | — | — | $155K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Vanguard Long-Term Treasury | — | — | — | $135K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC High Yield Bond Fund | — | — | — | $130K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Emerging Economies | — | — | — | $117K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Government Securities Fund | — | — | — | $85K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Vanguard Lifestrategy Conservative Growth Fund | — | — | — | $62K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC International Government Bond | — | — | — | $57K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund | — | — | — | $55K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Vanguard Lifestrategy Moderate Growth Fund | — | — | — | $47K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Inflation Protected Fund | — | — | — | $42K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC American Beacon Brdwy Large Cap Growth | — | — | — | $36K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Capital Appreciation Fund ** 343 * VALIC Conservative Growth Lifestyle | — | — | — | $19K | <0.1% | |
| VALIC Dividend Value | — | — | — | $14K | <0.1% |