401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$19M
Total assets Small plan by assets
618
Participants Below avg headcount
77th
Percentile by assets National rank
$31,421
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Newsela, Inc. · New York · Information & Media

$19M in assets, 618 participants

Newsela, Inc.'s Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported $19M in total assets and 618 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 77th 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.

  • #1,965 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)

Where Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan sits by assets

Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $19M for 618 participants (~$31,421/participant), up 13.2% in 2022.

#1,965
in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
+13.2%
assets growth YoY
0.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$19,418,103 Top 23% higher than 77% 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

Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings 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. Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (618 participants).

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 471882828 · Newsela, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · $19M · 618 · 77th

  • BOY $19M
  • BOY 618
  • BOY 77th
  • BOY 401(k)
  • BOY near Children's Hospital and Health System Shared Retirement Savings Plan - 401(k)
  • BOY ind #1965

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 →

Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$17M
Net Assets (End of Year)$19M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN471882828
Plan Effective Date2016-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Newsela, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Newsela, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$28M 42.77250975545861% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$15M$20M$25M$30M 202220232024 $19.4M $27.7M ▲ +42.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 618 $19M
2023 1 579 $26M
2024 1 421 $28M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.019418103 · Participants: 618Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanIBM 401 (K) Plus Plan, Total assets ($B): 53.363875208 · Participants: 56376IBM 401 (K) Plus PlanMorgan Stanley 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.415517176 · Participants: 42924Morgan Stanley 401(k) PlanThe Pepsico Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.067222 · Participants: 129846The Pepsico Savings PlanDeloitte 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.966899716 · Participants: 74687Deloitte 401(k) PlanThe Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.681988279 · Participants: 22650The Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan
Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Children's Hospital and Health System Shared Retirement Savings Plan - 401(k) in WI ($19M); by covered participants it is Sram LLC Retirement Savings Plan in IL (618 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (618 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 Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.2% during 2022, from $17M to $19M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Newsela, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Newsela, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 42.8%, from $19M to $28M.
Where does Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 77th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Children's Hospital and Health System Shared Retirement Savings Plan - 401(k) in WI ($19M, 175 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Newsela, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Sram LLC Retirement Savings Plan in IL (618 participants, $72M 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 471882828.

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.