Widener University retirement plans

Widener University, Chester, PA. EIN 23-1386178. Annual reports 2009–2025.

Widener University has one active retirement plan on file, the Widener University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan, with 2,338 participants and $451 million in assets in 2025. TIAA has been its recordkeeper since 2024. No traditional pension plan appears in Widener University's filings since 2009.

Active plans: 1
Participants: 2,338
Plan assets: $451 million
401(k) recordkeeper: TIAA
Plans on file: 3
Industry: Education

All 3 plans

Active plans first

Widener University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan

403(b)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 23-1386178
Participants (2025): 2,338
Net assets (2025): $451 million
Recordkeeper: TIAAEarlier: Vanguard (2012–2021)
Plan administrator: Widener University
One University Place
Chester, PA 19013
(610) 499-4156As filed for 2025
In effect since: July 1, 1961

Plans merged into this one: Widener University Tax Deferred Annuity Plan (2010); Widener University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan for Non-Exempt Employees (2010).

Earlier plan names: Widener University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan for Exempt Employees.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	2,338	$451 million	TIAA
2024	2,341	$425 million	TIAA
2023	2,296	$407 million	not listed
2022	2,346	$373 million	not listed
2021	2,347	$437 million	Vanguard
2020	2,300	$406 million	Vanguard
2019	2,281	$372 million	Vanguard
2018	2,230	$333 million	Vanguard
2017	2,340	$352 million	Vanguard
2016	2,367	$313 million	Vanguard
2015	2,402	$299 million	Vanguard
2014	2,402	$300 million	Vanguard
2013	2,411	$289 million	Vanguard
2012	2,489	$257 million	Vanguard
2011	2,268	$232 million	not listed
2010	2,061	$229 million	not listed
2009	1,982	$161 million	not listed

Widener University Tax Deferred Annuity Plan

403(b)Merged

Merged. In 2010 its assets moved to the Widener University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan for Exempt E, sponsored by Widener University (EIN 23-1386178, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 003Employer EIN 23-1386178
Participants (2010): 2,061
Net assets (2010): $229 million
Plan administrator: Widener University
1 University Place
Chester, PA 19013
(610) 499-4156As filed for 2010
In effect since: July 1, 1974

Year by year, 2009 to 2010

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2010	2,061	$229 million	not listed
2009	814	$32.7 million	not listed

Widener University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan for Non-Exempt Employees

403(b)Merged

Merged. In 2010 its assets moved to the Widener University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan for Exempt Emp, sponsored by Widener University (EIN 23-1386178, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 002Employer EIN 23-1386178
Participants (2010): 2,061
Net assets (2010): $229 million
Plan administrator: Widener University
1 University Place
Chester, PA 19013
(610) 499-4156As filed for 2010
In effect since: January 1, 1972

Year by year, 2009 to 2010

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2010	2,061	$229 million	not listed
2009	427	$7.4 million	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call TIAA (tiaa.org), which runs the Widener University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((610) 499-4156). That number was filed for 2025; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.