Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

The Adler Planetarium Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3K
Total assets Small plan by assets
9
Participants Small participant base
1st
Percentile by assets National rank
$350
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan · Sponsored by The Adler Planetarium · Illinois · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$3K in assets, 9 participants

The Adler Planetarium's Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan reported $3K in total assets and 9 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 1st 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.

  • #78 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)

The Adler Planetarium multi-year trail

The Adler Planetarium's plans moved -51.6% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan at $3K / 9 participants.

#78
in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)
-100.0%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $11M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$3,149 1st percentile higher than 1% of 127,068 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 2023

Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan among micro filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan is a micro filing (9 participants), the leftmost band.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan reported net income fell from -$3M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$11M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan end-of-year assets fell from $11M in the plan year 2022 filing to $3K in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 366210902 · The Adler Planetarium PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan · $3K · 9 · 1st

  • EOY $3K
  • 5500 9
  • ASSETS 1st
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Weingarten Realty Retirement Plan
  • RANK ind #78

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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

The Adler Planetarium multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Adler Planetarium plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$8M 51.64934434554556% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5M$10M$15M$20M 202220232024 $15.8M $7.63M ▼ -51.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 102 $16M
2023 2 135 $6M
2024 1 135 $8M

The Adler Planetarium filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$11M
Net Assets (End of Year)$3K
Net Income-$11M
Employer EIN366210902
Plan Effective Date1976-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.000003149 · Participants: 9Adler Planetarium Retirement Income PlanCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 49.680270595 · Participants: 48538Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 35.242945747 · Participants: 45001State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.965094339 · Participants: 20680United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension FundJohn Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.960744597 · Participants: 16346John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.819798504 · Participants: 17382Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Weingarten Realty Retirement Plan in NY ($3K); by covered participants it is Symphony Management Cash Balance Plan in FL (9 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan contracted severely - down 100.0% during 2023, from $11M to $3K. Reported net income was -$11M.
How have The Adler Planetarium plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Adler Planetarium's sponsor-wide assets declined 51.6%, from $16M to $8M.
Where does Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan ranks in the 1st percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Weingarten Realty Retirement Plan in NY ($3K, 72 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Adler Planetarium Retirement Income Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Symphony Management Cash Balance Plan in FL (9 participants, $3M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 366210902.

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.