Cornell University: who to call about your old retirement account

Ecornell 401(K) Plan. ITHACA, NY. From the plan’s 2023 filing with the U.S. Department of Labor.

This plan has been closed.

Its last filing was a final return, which means the plan was wound down and the money was paid out or moved. Your money is not gone: it went somewhere, and the steps below find where. See what we know about this plan’s closing.

Is this your plan?

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

Employer: Cornell University
Address on file: 395 Pine Tree Rd Ste 110 · Ithaca, NY · 14850
Industry: Educational Services
Plan: Ecornell 401(K) Plan401(k) plan
When: Start date on the filing: 2000Closed: its final filing was for 2023
Size: about 200 people in the plan

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
Cornell University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan · Retirement savings plan · about 18,000 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

Doesn’t sound like it? Search again. Try the company’s legal name, or the name it had when you worked there.

Get this plan’s contact details, free

Tell us where to send them and we’ll email you a link that opens:

✓ The phone number on the plan’s filing
✓ What to say on the call, word for word
✓ The plan ID numbers they will ask you for
✓ The company that likely holds the accounts, with its website and phone number where we have them

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.