Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $93M
- Total assets
- 81
- Participants
- 92nd
- Percentile by assets
- $1.2M
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan · Sponsored by Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys · Michigan · Manufacturing
$93M in assets, 81 participants
Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys's Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan reported $93M in total assets and 81 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 92nd percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- 92nd percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- #18,191 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Where Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan sits by assets
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $93M for 81 participants (~$1.2M/participant), down 21.5% in 2022.
- $93M
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 81
- covered participants
- 92nd
- percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- $1.2M
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $26M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Where Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan sits by total assets
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$93,241,617 Top 8% higher than 92% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan vs the 2022 asset distribution
By assets, Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan outranks 92% of the 139,126 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 0.9x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2022)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $119M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $93M |
| Net Income | -$26M |
| Employer EIN | 454395876 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1966-12-29 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 81 | $93M |
| 2023 | 1 | 91 | $97M |
| 2024 | 1 | 81 | $97M |
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