Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $93M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 81
- Participants Small participant base
- 92nd
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.2M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
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.
- #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.
- #18,191
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -21.5%
- assets change YoY
- 0.9×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
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.
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan's outsized position 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 among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan is a small filing (81 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 454395876 · Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan · $93M · 81 · 92nd
- BOY $93M
- SCH 81
- EBSA 92nd
- PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
- TYPE near Altru Health System Cash Balance Plan
- NET ind #18191
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Michigan →
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
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)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $97M 4.362068281162477% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 81 | $93M |
| 2023 | 1 | 91 | $97M |
| 2024 | 1 | 81 | $97M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan $40.2B · 18,766
- Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan $19.3B · 27,567
- Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan $13.4B · 11,760
- Dow Employees' Pension Plan $13.0B · 13,759
- Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement $8.6B · 14,563
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Altru Health System Cash Balance Plan in ND ($93M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan of Allen & Company in NY (81 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($93M here).
- Altru Health System Cash Balance Plan (ND) $93M · 1,620
- Teamsters Local 408 Pension Plan (NJ) $93M · 186
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Mississippi Lime Company (MO) $93M · 198
- Tropicana Products Defined Benefit Plan (IL) $93M · 1,033
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (81 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.