Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
National Public Radio Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $396M
- Total assets
- 1,358
- Participants
- 97th
- Percentile by assets
- $291,753
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: National Public Radio, Inc. Retirement Plan · Sponsored by National Public Radio · District of Columbia · Information & Media
$396M in assets, 1,358 participants
National Public Radio's National Public Radio, Inc. Retirement Plan reported $396M in total assets and 1,358 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- 97th percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- #2,777 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
Where National Public Radio, Inc. Retirement Plan sits by assets
National Public Radio, Inc. Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $396M for 1,358 participants (~$291,753/participant), down 12.1% in 2022.
- $396M
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 1,358
- covered participants
- 97th
- percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- $291,753
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $54M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
National Public Radio, Inc. Retirement Plan vs the 2022 asset distribution
By assets, National Public Radio, Inc. Retirement Plan outranks 97% of the 139,126 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 4.0x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2022)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $451M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $396M |
| Net Income | -$54M |
| Employer EIN | 520907625 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1972-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (National Public Radio)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1,358 | $396M |
| 2023 | 1 | 1,254 | $384M |
| 2024 | 1 | 1,563 | $426M |
Nearby Other Plans in District of Columbia
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
National Public Radio, Inc. Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in District of Columbia, assets vs. participants
- Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' Pension Benefit Fund $2.5B · 419,935
- Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan $2.0B · 4,918
- American University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan $1.1B · 2,632
- Howard University Savings Plan $1.0B · 5,159
- Georgetown University Voluntary Contribution Retirement Plan $741M · 13,020
Similar-Sized Other Plans Nationally
Other plans in other states closest to National Public Radio, Inc. Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- University of Hartford Defined Contribution and Tax-Deferred Annuity Retirement Plan (CT) $396M · 930
- Adelphi University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (NY) $395M · 1,278
- Lhc Group 401(k) Plan (LA) $399M · 24,876
- Lafayette College Retirement Plan (PA) $391M · 1,153
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- By total assets, National Public Radio, Inc. Retirement Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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- National Public Radio's sponsor-wide assets have grown 7.5% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Information & Media plans