Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Great Plains Communications LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$25M
Total assets Below avg plan size
82
Participants Small participant base
77th
Percentile by assets National rank
$309,765
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan · Sponsored by Great Plains Communications LLC · Nebraska · Information & Media

$25M in assets, 82 participants

Great Plains Communications LLC's Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan reported $25M in total assets and 82 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #1,914 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Where Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan sits by assets

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $25M for 82 participants (~$309,765/participant), up 4.5% in 2023.

#1,914
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+4.5%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$25,400,730 Top 23% higher than 77% 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

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan is a small filing (82 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$12M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan reported participants fell from 91 in the plan year 2022 filing to 82 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $24M in the plan year 2022 filing to $25M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 470397919 · Great Plains Communications LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan · $25M · 82 · 77th

  • EBSA $25M
  • EBSA 82
  • EBSA 77th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Chicago Moving Picture Operators Union Local 110 of the Iatse & Mpmo Severance Trust
  • EBSA ind #1914

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 Nebraska →

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Neville Chemical CompanyPension Plan for Salaried Em…$25MDelong's, Inc. Pension Plan$25MGreat Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension PlanGreat Plains Communications …$25MChicago Moving Picture Operators Union Local 110 of the Iatse & Mpmo Severance TrustChicago Moving Picture Opera…$25MOhio Gastroenterology Group, Inc. Cash Balance Pension PlanOhio Gastroenterology Group,…$25M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$24M
Net Assets (End of Year)$25M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN470397919
Plan Effective Date1961-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Great Plains Communications LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Great Plains Communications LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$87M 26.560918558264934% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$60M$70M$80M$90M 202220232024 $68.4M $86.5M ▲ +26.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 455 $68M
2023 2 463 $80M
2024 2 473 $87M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Nebraska

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

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Nebraska, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.02540073 · Participants: 82Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension PlanPension Plan for Salaried Employees of Union Pacific Corporation & Affiliates, Total assets ($B): 4.375049633 · Participants: 3724Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Union Pacific Corporation & AffiliatesBerkshire Hathaway Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.190368742 · Participants: 10563Berkshire Hathaway Consolidated Pension PlanMutual of Omaha Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.979498835 · Participants: 504Mutual of Omaha Retirement Income PlanRetirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife, Total assets ($B): 0.772418975 · Participants: 279Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of WoodmenlifeThe Restated Ag Processing Inc Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.367919919 · Participants: 1113The Restated Ag Processing Inc Retirement Plan
Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Nebraska, assets vs. participants

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Nebraska, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Chicago Moving Picture Operators Union Local 110 of the Iatse & Mpmo Severance Trust in IL ($25M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Timber Products Co and Affiliates in OR (82 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

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 Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan assets move in 2023?
Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan edged up modestly - up 4.5% during 2023, from $24M to $25M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Great Plains Communications LLC plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Great Plains Communications LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 26.6%, from $68M to $87M.
Where does Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan ranks in the 77th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Chicago Moving Picture Operators Union Local 110 of the Iatse & Mpmo Severance Trust in IL ($25M, 169 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Timber Products Co and Affiliates in OR (82 participants, $17M in assets).