Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Advance Publications, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$962M
Total assets Above avg plan size
770
Participants Near avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.2M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Advance Pension Plan · Sponsored by Advance Publications, Inc. · New York · Information & Media

$962M in assets, 770 participants

Advance Publications, Inc.'s Advance Pension Plan reported $962M in total assets and 770 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #2,741 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Where Advance Pension Plan sits by assets

Advance Pension Plan sits among the largest 1% of all filed plans, $962M for 770 participants (~$1.2M/participant), down 1.4% in 2023.

#2,741
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
-1.4%
assets change YoY
9.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $14M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Advance Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Advance Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$962,073,187 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Advance Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Advance Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (770 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Advance Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$476M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$14M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Advance Pension Plan reported participants fell from 870 in the plan year 2022 filing to 770 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Advance Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $976M in the plan year 2022 filing to $962M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 135576716 · Advance Publications, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Advance Pension Plan · $962M · 770 · 99th

  • NET $962M
  • NET 770
  • NET 99th
  • NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • NET near Western Connecticut Health Network Pension Plan
  • NET ind #2741

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 New York →

Advance Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Kimberly-Clark Corporation Pension PlanKimberly-Clark Corporation P…$970MEmployees' Cash Balance Plan of Atlantic Health System, Inc.Employees' Cash Balance Plan…$969MSolvay & Cytec Companies Pension PlanSolvay & Cytec Companies Pen…$969MWestern Connecticut Health Network Pension PlanWestern Connecticut Health N…$964MAdvance Pension Plan$962M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Advance 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)$976M
Net Assets (End of Year)$962M
Net Income-$14M
Employer EIN135576716
Plan Effective Date1976-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Advance Publications, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Advance Publications, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.6B 11.003618506140473% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.2B$2.3B$2.4B$2.5B$2.6B$2.7B 202220232024 $2.32B $2.58B ▲ +11.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,665 $2.3B
2023 2 7,774 $2.5B
2024 2 7,387 $2.6B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Advance Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Advance Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.962073187 · Participants: 770Advance Pension PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.955758896 · Participants: 14881IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.184377155 · Participants: 10779Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.16620463 · Participants: 1075821199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.955262618 · Participants: 9616Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.599669 · Participants: 12289Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I
Advance Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Advance Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Western Connecticut Health Network Pension Plan in CT ($964M); by covered participants it is Central Iowa Carpenters Pension Plan in MN (770 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (770 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 Advance Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Advance Pension Plan edged down modestly - down 1.4% during 2023, from $976M to $962M. Reported net income was -$14M.
How have Advance Publications, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Advance Publications, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 11.0%, from $2.3B to $2.6B.
Where does Advance Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Advance Pension Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Advance Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Western Connecticut Health Network Pension Plan in CT ($964M, 1,570 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Advance Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Central Iowa Carpenters Pension Plan in MN (770 participants, $188M 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 135576716.

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.