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Membership and System Assets

The National Council on Teacher Retirement (NCTR) is constituted as an independent association dedicated to safeguarding the integrity of public retirement systems in the United States and its territories to which teachers belong and to promoting the rights and benefits of all present and future members of the systems.

NCTR began in 1924, affiliated with the National Education Association in 1937, and became an independent association in 1971. NCTR is constituted as a nonprofit tax-exempt entity under Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Active Members

NCTR membership includes 68 state, territorial and local pension systems. These systems serve more than 18 million active and retired teachers, non- teaching personnel, and other public employees, and have combined assets of approximately $2 trillion in their trust funds.