Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Graham Holdings Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $3.0B
- Total assets
- 5,213
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $576,270
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company · Sponsored by Graham Holdings Company · Virginia · Educational Services
$3.0B in assets, 5,213 participants
Graham Holdings Company's The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company reported $3.0B in total assets and 5,213 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #3,713 in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company covers 5,213 participants in Virginia, 6.7x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $3.0B.
- $3.0B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 5,213
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $576,270
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company reported net income rose from -$866M in the plan year 2022 filing to $477M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company end-of-year assets rose from $2.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company reported participants rose from 4,874 in the plan year 2022 filing to 5,213 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Participants vs Virginia filers
In Virginia, the average filing covers about 782 participants across 3,655 plans. The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company reports 5,213 participants - 6.7x that state average ($3.0B EOY assets).
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.0B |
| Net Income | $477M |
| Employer EIN | 530182885 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1974-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Graham Holdings Company)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 13,077 | $3.3B |
| 2023 | 4 | 15,936 | $3.9B |
| 2024 | 4 | 16,338 | $4.0B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan $19.1B · 13,674
- Retirement Security Plan $10.2B · 54,171
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla $8.5B · 7,117
- Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund $8.3B · 61,272
- Dominion Energy Pension Plan $7.6B · 12,263
Scale composition for The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company
The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company reports $3.0B in end-of-year assets across 5,213 participants (0.024% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $576,270 per participant (4.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $477M.
This plan identity (EIN 530182885, plan #009) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.5B to $3.0B (+17.7%) while covered participants moved from 4,874 to 6,257 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4,874 | $2.5B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 5,213 | $3.0B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 6,257 | $3.0B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company (Defined Benefit (Pension), $3.0B, 6,257 participants)
- The Savings Plan for Graham Holdings Company (401(k), $537M, 3,141 participants)
- The Kaplan, Inc. Tax Deferred Savings Plan for Salaried Employees (401(k), $366M, 1,706 participants)
- The 401(k) Savings Plan for Ghc Affiliates (401(k), $77M, 5,234 participants)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company by total assets, not by location.
- U.S. Bank Legacy Pension Plan (MN) $3.0B · 1,727
- Minnesota Laborers Pension Fund (MN) $3.0B · 10,029
- Ernst & Young Partnership Defined Benefit Retirement Plan (NJ) $3.0B · 3,810
- Ufcw No. Califiornia Employers Joint Pension Plan (CA) $2.9B · 46,714
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company's numbers.
- By total assets, The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia. Compare plans
- Graham Holdings Company's sponsor-wide assets have grown 21.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans