diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py
index f056d1ab610..f109d38810e 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
 import contextlib
+import contextvars
+import functools
 import itertools
 import json
 import random
@@ -22,7 +25,15 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from functools import cache
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar, assert_never, overload
+from typing import (
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    Any,
+    ClassVar,
+    ParamSpec,
+    TypeVar,
+    assert_never,
+    overload,
+)
 
 import polars as pl
 
@@ -55,6 +66,7 @@
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Callable, Generator, Hashable, Iterable, Sequence
+    from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
     from typing import Literal, Self
 
     from polars import polars  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
@@ -66,6 +78,9 @@
     from cudf_polars.utils.config import ParquetOptions
     from cudf_polars.utils.timer import Timer
 
+    P = ParamSpec("P")
+    T = TypeVar("T")
+
 __all__ = [
     "IR",
     "Cache",
@@ -105,13 +120,51 @@ class IRExecutionContext:
 
     Parameters
     ----------
+    py_executor
+       Thread pool for thread offload in async execution, only used by
+       streaming engine.
     get_cuda_stream
         A zero-argument callable that returns a CUDA stream.
+    query_id
+        Identifier for the query being executed.
     """
 
+    py_executor: ThreadPoolExecutor | None = field(default=None)
     get_cuda_stream: Callable[[], Stream] = field(default=get_cuda_stream)
     query_id: uuid.UUID = field(default_factory=uuid.uuid4)
 
+    async def to_thread(
+        self, func: Callable[P, T], /, *args: P.args, **kwargs: P.kwargs
+    ) -> T:
+        """
+        Run a function asynchronously in a thread.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        func
+            The function to run.
+        args
+            Arguments.
+        kwargs
+            Keyword arguments.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Awaitable to obtain the result of calling ``func``.
+
+        Notes
+        -----
+        This offloads the function to run in the thread pool attached to
+        this execution context.
+        """
+        assert self.py_executor is not None, (
+            "Execution context must have a thread pool for offload"
+        )
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        ctx = contextvars.copy_context()
+        func_call = functools.partial(ctx.run, func, *args, **kwargs)
+        return await loop.run_in_executor(self.py_executor, func_call)
+
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def stream_ordered_after(self, *dfs: DataFrame) -> Generator[Stream, None, None]:
         """
@@ -2438,9 +2491,11 @@ def do_evaluate(
                         right.columns,
                         left=False,
                         empty=True,
-                        rename=lambda name: name
-                        if name not in left.column_names_set
-                        else f"{name}{suffix}",
+                        rename=lambda name: (
+                            name
+                            if name not in left.column_names_set
+                            else f"{name}{suffix}"
+                        ),
                         stream=stream,
                     )
                     result = DataFrame([*left_cols, *right_cols], stream=stream)
@@ -2454,9 +2509,11 @@ def do_evaluate(
                     right_cols = Join._build_columns(
                         columns[left.num_columns :],
                         right.columns,
-                        rename=lambda name: name
-                        if name not in left.column_names_set
-                        else f"{name}{suffix}",
+                        rename=lambda name: (
+                            name
+                            if name not in left.column_names_set
+                            else f"{name}{suffix}"
+                        ),
                         left=False,
                         stream=stream,
                     )
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/collectives/allgather.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/collectives/allgather.py
index 163a8ba50d1..911e3f27092 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/collectives/allgather.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/collectives/allgather.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import asyncio
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from rapidsmpf.integrations.cudf.partition import unpack_and_concat
@@ -21,6 +20,8 @@
     import pylibcudf as plc
     from rmm.pylibrmm.stream import Stream
 
+    from cudf_polars.dsl.ir import IRExecutionContext
+
 
 class AllGatherManager:
     """
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ def inserting(self) -> AllGatherManager.Inserter:
         return AllGatherManager.Inserter(self)
 
     async def extract_concatenated(
-        self, stream: Stream, *, ordered: bool = True
+        self, stream: Stream, *, ordered: bool = True, ir_context: IRExecutionContext
     ) -> plc.Table:
         """
         Extract the concatenated result.
@@ -111,12 +112,14 @@ async def extract_concatenated(
             The stream to use for chunk extraction.
         ordered: bool
             Whether to extract the data in ordered or unordered fashion.
+        ir_context
+            Execution context to offload concatenation.
 
         Returns
         -------
         The concatenated AllGather result.
         """
-        return await asyncio.to_thread(
+        return await ir_context.to_thread(
             unpack_and_concat,
             partitions=await self.allgather.extract_all(self.context, ordered=ordered),
             stream=stream,
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/collectives/sort.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/collectives/sort.py
index 3bcc2517c4b..6d63562a08a 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/collectives/sort.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/collectives/sort.py
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ async def _simple_top_or_bottom_k(
         chunk = await evaluate_chunk(
             context,
             TableChunk.from_pylibcudf_table(
-                await allgather.extract_concatenated(stream, ordered=True),
+                await allgather.extract_concatenated(
+                    stream, ordered=True, ir_context=ir_context
+                ),
                 stream,
                 exclusive_view=True,
                 br=context.br(),
@@ -194,7 +196,9 @@ async def _compute_sort_boundaries(
         allgather = AllGatherManager(context, comm, allgather_id)
         with allgather.inserting() as inserter:
             inserter.insert(comm.rank, chunk)
-        concat_table = await allgather.extract_concatenated(stream, ordered=True)
+        concat_table = await allgather.extract_concatenated(
+            stream, ordered=True, ir_context=ir_context
+        )
         return _get_final_sort_boundaries(
             DataFrame.from_table(
                 concat_table,
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/frontend/core.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/frontend/core.py
index ef7fbf24475..c1d5cae5088 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/frontend/core.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/frontend/core.py
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ def execute_ir_on_rank(
         Collected channel metadata.
     """
     ir_context = IRExecutionContext(
-        get_cuda_stream=ctx.get_stream_from_pool, query_id=query_id
+        py_executor, get_cuda_stream=ctx.get_stream_from_pool, query_id=query_id
     )
     metadata_collector: list[ChannelMetadata] = []
 
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ def execute_ir_on_rank(
         metadata_collector=metadata_collector,
     )
 
-    run_actor_network(actors=nodes, py_executor=py_executor)
+    run_actor_network(ctx, actors=nodes)
 
     messages = output.release()
     chunks = [
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/io.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/io.py
index d5005441910..f99482fb938 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/io.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/io.py
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ async def read_chunk(
             context, size=estimated_chunk_bytes, net_memory_delta=estimated_chunk_bytes
         )
     ):
-        df = await asyncio.to_thread(
+        df = await ir_context.to_thread(
             scan.do_evaluate,
             *scan._non_child_args,
             context=ir_context,
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ async def sink_node(
                 ).make_available_and_spill(context.br(), allow_overbooking=True)
                 df = chunk_to_frame(chunk, child_ir)
                 part_path = f"{path_root}.{str(i).zfill(count_width)}.{suffix}"
-                await asyncio.to_thread(
+                await ir_context.to_thread(
                     Sink.do_evaluate,
                     ir.sink.schema,
                     ir.sink.kind,
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ async def sink_node(
                 ).make_available_and_spill(context.br(), allow_overbooking=True)
                 # Multiple chunks - use chunked writer
                 df = chunk_to_frame(chunk, child_ir)
-                writer_state = await asyncio.to_thread(
+                writer_state = await ir_context.to_thread(
                     _sink_to_file,
                     ir.sink.kind,
                     ir.sink.path,
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ async def sink_node(
             if writer_state and ir.sink.kind == "Parquet":
                 # We know that with ir.sink.kind == "Parquet", writer_state being truthy
                 # means that it's a ChunkedParquetWriter.
-                await asyncio.to_thread(writer_state.close, [])  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+                await ir_context.to_thread(writer_state.close, [])  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
         # Signal completion on the metadata and data channels with empty results
         stream = ir_context.get_cuda_stream()
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/join.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/join.py
index 6a9815678d0..6fd5280b9e4 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/join.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/join.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import asyncio
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ async def _collect_small_side_for_broadcast(
             for s_id in range(len(chunks)):
                 inserter.insert(s_id, chunks.pop(0))
         stream = ir_context.get_cuda_stream()
-        gathered = await allgather.extract_concatenated(stream)
+        gathered = await allgather.extract_concatenated(stream, ir_context=ir_context)
         # When every rank inserted zero chunks, the AllGather has no schema
         # to infer and returns a 0 column table. Substitute a properly typed
         # empty table for the small side so downstream joins still match the
@@ -266,7 +265,7 @@ async def _broadcast_join_large_chunk(
         await reserve_memory(context, size=input_bytes, net_memory_delta=0)
     ):
         for sdf in dfs_to_join:
-            result = await asyncio.to_thread(
+            result = await ir_context.to_thread(
                 ir.do_evaluate,
                 *ir._non_child_args,
                 *([large_df, sdf] if broadcast_side == "right" else [sdf, large_df]),
@@ -469,7 +468,7 @@ async def _join_chunks(
         with opaque_memory_usage(
             await reserve_memory(context, size=input_bytes, net_memory_delta=0)
         ):
-            df = await asyncio.to_thread(
+            df = await ir_context.to_thread(
                 ir.do_evaluate,
                 *ir._non_child_args,
                 chunk_to_frame(left_chunk, left),
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/nodes.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/nodes.py
index fd83c5e092f..56e6c1ed5ac 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/nodes.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/nodes.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ async def default_node_multi(
                 for chunk, child in zip(ready_chunks, ir.children, strict=True)
             ]
             with opaque_memory_usage(extra):
-                df = await asyncio.to_thread(
+                df = await ir_context.to_thread(
                     ir.do_evaluate,
                     *ir._non_child_args,
                     *dfs,
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/over.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/over.py
index 1a0e09b8e8e..c2c72ae9dab 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/over.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/over.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import asyncio
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar, cast
 
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ async def _evaluate_broadcast_chunk(
         net_memory_delta=0,
     )
     with opaque_memory_usage(extra):
-        return await asyncio.to_thread(
+        return await ir_context.to_thread(
             _evaluate_ir_broadcast_sync,
             chunk,
             ir,
@@ -366,7 +365,7 @@ async def _allgather_and_broadcast(
             net_memory_delta=0,
         )
         with opaque_memory_usage(extra):
-            partial = await asyncio.to_thread(
+            partial = await ir_context.to_thread(
                 _evaluate_chunk_sync,
                 chunk,
                 piecewise_ir,
@@ -491,7 +490,7 @@ async def _distribute_by_group(
                 # 1..nranks-1 sit idle on emit. Slice the duplicated input
                 # across ranks (e.g. stripe by row index) and stamp each
                 # slice with its target origin rank to distribute emit work.
-                stamped = await asyncio.to_thread(
+                stamped = await ir_context.to_thread(
                     _append_origin_stamps,
                     chunk,
                     chunk_index,
@@ -523,10 +522,10 @@ async def _evaluate_and_route_to_origin(
             partition = TableChunk.from_pylibcudf_table(
                 extracted, stream, exclusive_view=True, br=context.br()
             )
-            evaluated = await asyncio.to_thread(
+            evaluated = await ir_context.to_thread(
                 _evaluate_window_with_stamps, partition, ir, ir_context, stamps
             )
-            routed, splits = await asyncio.to_thread(
+            routed, splits = await ir_context.to_thread(
                 _partition_by_origin_rank, evaluated, num_ranks, context.br()
             )
             if routed is not None:
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/repartition.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/repartition.py
index c4bf2163678..dba7dd5a0a3 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/repartition.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/repartition.py
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ async def concatenate_node(
                     del msg
 
             # Extract concatenated result
-            result_table = await allgather.extract_concatenated(stream)
+            result_table = await allgather.extract_concatenated(
+                stream, ir_context=ir_context
+            )
             if tracer is not None:
                 tracer.add_chunk(table=result_table)
 
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/utils.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/utils.py
index d21f6c4f977..39546950223 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/utils.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/experimental/rapidsmpf/utils.py
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ async def evaluate_chunk(
     )
     with opaque_memory_usage(extra):
         for single_ir in irs:
-            chunk = await asyncio.to_thread(
+            chunk = await ir_context.to_thread(
                 _evaluate_chunk_sync, chunk, single_ir, ir_context, context.br()
             )
         return chunk
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ async def allgather_and_reduce(
         inserter.insert(0, local_chunk)
     stream = ir_context.get_cuda_stream()
     concat_chunk = TableChunk.from_pylibcudf_table(
-        await allgather.extract_concatenated(stream),
+        await allgather.extract_concatenated(stream, ir_context=ir_context),
         stream,
         exclusive_view=True,
         br=context.br(),
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ async def concat_batch(
         net_memory_delta=0,
     )
     with opaque_memory_usage(extra):
-        df = await asyncio.to_thread(
+        df = await ir_context.to_thread(
             _concat,
             *[
                 DataFrame.from_table(
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
index 91867fb16eb..a36afe7935c 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ ban-relative-imports = "all"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.flake8-tidy-imports.banned-api]
 "asyncio.gather".msg = "Use gather_with_task_group instead."
+"asyncio.to_thread".msg = "Use ir_context.to_thread instead."
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.flake8-type-checking]
 strict = true
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/tests/experimental/test_allgather.py b/python/cudf_polars/tests/experimental/test_allgather.py
index 3a68b3f3988..4b3a751214a 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/tests/experimental/test_allgather.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/tests/experimental/test_allgather.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 
 from rapidsmpf.streaming.cudf.table_chunk import TableChunk
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import pylibcudf as plc
 
+from cudf_polars.dsl.ir import IRExecutionContext
 from cudf_polars.experimental.rapidsmpf.collectives.allgather import AllGatherManager
 from cudf_polars.experimental.rapidsmpf.utils import allgather_reduce
 
@@ -46,8 +48,12 @@ async def _test_allgather(engine) -> None:
                 ),
             )
 
-    # Extract concatenated result
-    result = await allgather.extract_concatenated(stream, ordered=True)
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as executor:
+        ir_context = IRExecutionContext(executor)
+        # Extract concatenated result
+        result = await allgather.extract_concatenated(
+            stream, ordered=True, ir_context=ir_context
+        )
 
     # Verify the concatenated table has the expected shape
     assert result.num_rows() == 600  # 100 + 200 + 300