Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Advance Publications, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$976M
Total assets Above avg plan size
870
Participants Near avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.1M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Advance Pension Plan · Sponsored by Advance Publications, Inc. · New York · Information & Media

$976M in assets, 870 participants

Advance Publications, Inc.'s Advance Pension Plan reported $976M in total assets and 870 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #2,841 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)

Where Advance Pension Plan sits by assets

Advance Pension Plan sits among the largest 1% of all filed plans, $976M for 870 participants (~$1.1M/participant), down 32.8% in 2022.

#2,841
in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
-32.8%
assets change YoY
9.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $476M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Advance Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Advance Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$976,059,550 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Advance Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Advance Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (870 participants).

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 135576716 · Advance Publications, Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Advance Pension Plan · $976M · 870 · 99th

  • IND $976M
  • IND 870
  • IND 99th
  • IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore, Incorporated - International Longshoremen's Association Pension Plan
  • IND ind #2841

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Advance Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Advocate Aurora Health Pension PlanAdvocate Aurora Health Pensi…$983MOregon Retail Employees Pension PlanOregon Retail Employees Pens…$983MMondelez Global LLC Retirement PlanMondelez Global LLC Retireme…$979MAdvance Pension Plan$976MSteamship Trade Association of Baltimore, Incorporated - International Longshoremen's Association Pension PlanSteamship Trade Association …$974M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Advance Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$976M
Net Income-$476M
Employer EIN135576716
Plan Effective Date1976-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Advance Publications, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Advance Publications, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.6B 11.003618506140473% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.2B$2.3B$2.4B$2.5B$2.6B$2.7B 202220232024 $2.32B $2.58B ▲ +11.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,665 $2.3B
2023 2 7,774 $2.5B
2024 2 7,387 $2.6B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Advance Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500005000100001500020000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Advance Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.97605955 · Participants: 870Advance Pension PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 25.511753238 · Participants: 16431IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.815266303 · Participants: 11303Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.656963 · Participants: 11386Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan INew York State Nurses Association Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.019503014 · Participants: 18592New York State Nurses Association Pension PlanNew York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl, Total assets ($B): 4.837058087 · Participants: 11318New York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl
Advance Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Advance Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Advance Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore, Incorporated - International Longshoremen's Association Pension Plan in MD ($974M); by covered participants it is Sparrow Health System Associate Pension Plan A2 in MI (870 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (870 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Advance Pension Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Advance Pension Plan contracted severely - down 32.8% during 2022, from $1.5B to $976M. Reported net income was -$476M.
How have Advance Publications, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Advance Publications, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 11.0%, from $2.3B to $2.6B.
Where does Advance Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Advance Pension Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Advance Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore, Incorporated - International Longshoremen's Association Pension Plan in MD ($974M, 1,563 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Advance Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Sparrow Health System Associate Pension Plan A2 in MI (870 participants, $303M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 135576716.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.