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Cornell University: who to call about your old retirement account

Cornell University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan. ITHACA, NY. From the plan’s 2025 filing with the U.S. Department of Labor.

Good news: this plan is still running.

It filed for 2025, so if you left money in it, the account should still be there under your name. One phone call usually finds it.

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From the plan’s public filings. Check that it sounds like the place you worked.

Employer: Cornell University
Address on file: 395 Pine Tree Road, Suite 130 · Ithaca, NY · 14850
Industry: Educational Services
Plan: Cornell University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan403(b) plan
When: Start date on the filing: 1976Still running: latest filing is for 2025Has filed since at least 2009
Size: about 18,000 people in the plan, about $2.7 billion in totalabout 5,600 of them no longer work there and still have money in it. Leaving a balance behind is common.

Not the right one? Cornell University has 5 other retirement plans:

Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges At Ithaca · Retirement savings plan · about 28,000 people · filed 2025
Weill Cornell Medical College Tax Deferred Annuity Plan · Retirement savings plan · about 16,000 people · filed 2024
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees · Retirement savings plan · about 11,000 people · filed 2024
Weill Cornell Medical College Non-Exempt and Frozen Retirement Plan · Retirement savings plan · about 7,200 people · filed 2025
Ecornell 401(K) Plan · 401(k) plan · about 200 people · closed 2023

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If nobody can find you

These official and non-profit registries are free:

DOL Abandoned Plan Search ↗
plans wound down by a custodian after the employer walked away
DOL Retirement Savings Lost & Found ↗
the Department of Labor’s registry of accounts owed to former participants
National Registry of Unclaimed Retirement Benefits ↗
employers and plan administrators list balances they could not deliver
Your state’s unclaimed property office ↗
uncashed distribution checks often end up here

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401kHunter is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to CORNELL UNIVERSITY. Plan figures on this page come from public U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings and reflect the plan’s final reported year. This page is educational and is not investment, tax, or legal advice.