Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Brady Corporation Money Purchase Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$75M
Total assets Below avg plan size
1,110
Participants Near avg headcount
89th
Percentile by assets National rank
$67,921
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Brady Funded Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Brady Corporation · Wisconsin · Manufacturing

$75M in assets, 1,110 participants

Brady Corporation's Brady Funded Retirement Plan reported $75M in total assets and 1,110 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.

  • #15,731 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Brady Funded Retirement Plan sits by assets

Brady Funded Retirement Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $75M for 1,110 participants (~$67,921/participant), up 20.3% in 2023.

#15,731
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+20.3%
assets growth YoY
0.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Brady Funded Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Brady Funded Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$75,392,734 Top 11% higher than 89% 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

Brady Funded Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Brady Funded Retirement Plan lands in the large band (1,110 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Brady Funded Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$16M in the plan year 2022 filing to $13M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Brady Funded Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $63M in the plan year 2022 filing to $75M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Brady Funded Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 1,132 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,110 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 390178960 · Brady Corporation PY 2023 · Money Purchase

Brady Funded Retirement Plan · $75M · 1,110 · 89th

  • PCT $75M
  • EIN 1,110
  • RANK 89th
  • PHOTO Money Purchase
  • IND near Oup USA Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
  • EOY ind #15731

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Wisconsin →

Brady Funded Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Ingram Marine Group Retirement PlanIngram Marine Group Retireme…$77MKomatsu America Corp. Target Benefit/Defined Contribution PlanKomatsu America Corp. Target…$77MOup USA Defined Contribution Retirement PlanOup USA Defined Contribution…$76MBrady Funded Retirement Plan$75MIBEW Local 508 Pension Fund$74M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Brady Funded Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Money Purchase peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$63M
Net Assets (End of Year)$75M
Net Income$13M
Employer EIN390178960
Plan Effective Date1996-08-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Brady Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Brady Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$428M 31.398389160375174% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$300M$350M$400M$450M 202220232024 $325M $428M ▲ +31.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 2,750 $325M
2023 2 2,747 $385M
2024 2 2,718 $428M

Nearby Money Purchase Plans in Wisconsin

Peer Money Purchase plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Brady Funded Retirement Plan vs. nearby Money Purchase plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 00.511.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Brady Funded Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.075392734 · Participants: 1110Brady Funded Retirement PlanEmployees Retirement Plan of Marshfield Clinic, Total assets ($B): 1.327123781 · Participants: 9068Employees Retirement Plan of Marshfield ClinicTelephone and Data Systems, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.47124384 · Participants: 5421Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Pension PlanNorth Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Supplemental Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.31081588 · Participants: 10094North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Supplemental Retirement PlanAspirus, Inc. Frozen 401(a) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.135366605 · Participants: 2354Aspirus, Inc. Frozen 401(a) PlanWisconsin Glaziers & Glassworkers Money Purchase Fund, Total assets ($B): 0.081012136 · Participants: 422Wisconsin Glaziers & Glassworkers Money Purchase Fund
Brady Funded Retirement Plan vs. nearby Money Purchase plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants
Compare Brady Funded Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Brady Funded Retirement Plan's out-of-state Money Purchase peers by assets and headcount

Outside Wisconsin, the nearest Money Purchase by assets is Oup USA Defined Contribution Retirement Plan in NC ($76M); by covered participants it is Carpenters Local Union No 491 Annuity Plan in MD (1,108 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($75M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,110 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 Brady Funded Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Brady Funded Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 20.3% during 2023, from $63M to $75M. Reported net income was $13M.
How have Brady Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Brady Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 31.4%, from $325M to $428M.
Where does Brady Funded Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Brady Funded Retirement Plan ranks in the 89th 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 Money Purchase plans are similar in size to Brady Funded Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Money Purchase plans in other states, the closest by assets is Oup USA Defined Contribution Retirement Plan in NC ($76M, 370 participants).
Which Money Purchase plans cover a similar participant headcount to Brady Funded Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Money Purchase plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Carpenters Local Union No 491 Annuity Plan in MD (1,108 participants, $32M 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 390178960.

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.