Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$97M
Total assets Below avg plan size
91
Participants Small participant base
91st
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.1M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan · Sponsored by Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys · Michigan · Manufacturing

$97M in assets, 91 participants

Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys's Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan reported $97M in total assets and 91 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st 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.

  • #16,197 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan sits by assets

Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $97M for 91 participants (~$1.1M/participant), up 4.0% in 2023.

#16,197
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+4.0%
assets growth YoY
1.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$96,935,553 Top 9% higher than 91% 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

Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit 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. Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan is a small filing (91 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$26M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan reported participants rose from 81 in the plan year 2022 filing to 91 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $93M in the plan year 2022 filing to $97M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 454395876 · Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan · $97M · 91 · 91st

  • PCT $97M
  • PCT 91
  • PCT 91st
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near Calportland Company Defined Benefit Pension Plan
  • PCT ind #16197

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 Michigan →

Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit 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)$93M
Net Assets (End of Year)$97M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN454395876
Plan Effective Date1966-12-29
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$97M 4.362068281162477% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$92M$94M$96M$98M 202220232024 $93.2M $97.3M ▲ +4.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 81 $93M
2023 1 91 $97M
2024 1 81 $97M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan

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

Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100000100002000030000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.096935553 · Participants: 91Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension PlanGeneral Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 44.838918802 · Participants: 17959General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension PlanFord Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.269442236 · Participants: 26442Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement PlanFord Motor Company General Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.705910161 · Participants: 10215Ford Motor Company General Retirement PlanDow Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.529460215 · Participants: 14051Dow Employees' Pension PlanFca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement, Total assets ($B): 11.155705594 · Participants: 13635Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Calportland Company Defined Benefit Pension Plan in NV ($97M); by covered participants it is Maher Terminals LLC Pension Trust in NJ (91 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (91 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 Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan edged up modestly - up 4.0% during 2023, from $93M to $97M. Reported net income was $4M.
How have Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys's sponsor-wide assets grew 4.4%, from $93M to $97M.
Where does Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan ranks in the 91st percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Calportland Company Defined Benefit Pension Plan in NV ($97M, 52 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Maher Terminals LLC Pension Trust in NJ (91 participants, $90M 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 454395876.

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.