Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

New England Sports Network Limited Partnership Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$16M
Total assets Small plan by assets
63
Participants Small participant base
69th
Percentile by assets National rank
$255,850
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Nesn Retirement Plan · Sponsored by New England Sports Network Limited Partnership · Massachusetts · Information & Media

$16M in assets, 63 participants

New England Sports Network Limited Partnership's Nesn Retirement Plan reported $16M in total assets and 63 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 69th 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.

  • #1,633 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

New England Sports Network Limited Partnership multi-year trail

New England Sports Network Limited Partnership's plans moved +46.1% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Nesn Retirement Plan at $16M / 63 participants.

#1,633
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+13.3%
assets growth YoY

Nesn Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Nesn Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$16,118,568 Top 31% higher than 69% 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

Nesn Retirement 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. Nesn Retirement Plan is a small filing (63 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Nesn Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$3M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Nesn Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $14M in the plan year 2022 filing to $16M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Nesn Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 72 in the plan year 2022 filing to 63 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 042785301 · New England Sports Network Limited Partnership PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Nesn Retirement Plan · $16M · 63 · 69th

  • ASSETS $16M
  • ASSETS 63
  • ASSETS 69th
  • ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas LLC Pension Plan for Non-Salaried Employees at Mcintosh, Alabama
  • ASSETS ind #1633

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 Massachusetts →

Nesn Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Local 422 Pension Trust Fund$16MNesn Retirement Plan$16MHuntsman Advanced Materials Americas LLC Pension Plan for Non-Salaried Employees at Mcintosh, AlabamaHuntsman Advanced Materials …$16MNewsguild of New York Publishers Pension FundNewsguild of New York Publis…$16MChicago & North Western Railway Company Supplemental Pension PlanChicago & North Western Rail…$16M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Nesn Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New England Sports Network Limited Partnership multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All New England Sports Network Limited Partnership plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$71M 46.13310062176366% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$40M$50M$60M$70M$80M 202220232024 $48.8M $71.3M ▲ +46.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 258 $49M
2023 2 271 $60M
2024 2 296 $71M

New England Sports Network Limited Partnership filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$14M
Net Assets (End of Year)$16M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN042785301
Plan Effective Date1988-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Nesn Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Nesn Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.016118568 · Participants: 63Nesn Retirement PlanConsolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member Organizations, Total assets ($B): 10.325856564 · Participants: 58745Consolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member OrganizationsNew England Teamsters Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 9.092299586 · Participants: 21786New England Teamsters Pension FundLiberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.892259637 · Participants: 37145Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.381626447 · Participants: 11888Massachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement PlanN. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 4.973349354 · Participants: 17166N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund
Nesn Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Nesn Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas LLC Pension Plan for Non-Salaried Employees at Mcintosh, Alabama in TX ($16M); by covered participants it is Retirement Program Plan for Employees of United States Enrichment Corporation in MD (63 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (63 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 Nesn Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Nesn Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.3% during 2023, from $14M to $16M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have New England Sports Network Limited Partnership plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), New England Sports Network Limited Partnership's sponsor-wide assets grew 46.1%, from $49M to $71M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Nesn Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas LLC Pension Plan for Non-Salaried Employees at Mcintosh, Alabama in TX ($16M, 88 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Nesn Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Program Plan for Employees of United States Enrichment Corporation in MD (63 participants, $264M 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 042785301.

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.