Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$47M
Total assets Below avg plan size
530
Participants Below avg headcount
85th
Percentile by assets National rank
$88,345
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan · Sponsored by Trusted Media Brands, Inc. · New York · Information & Media

$47M in assets, 530 participants

Trusted Media Brands, Inc.'s Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan reported $47M in total assets and 530 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 85th 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.

  • #2,217 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Where Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan sits by assets

Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $47M for 530 participants (~$88,345/participant), down 4.9% in 2023.

#2,217
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
-4.9%
assets change YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $42M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan's outsized position by total assets

Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$46,822,812 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance 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. Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (530 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan reported net income fell from -$7M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$42M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan reported participants rose from 494 in the plan year 2022 filing to 530 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan end-of-year assets fell from $49M in the plan year 2022 filing to $47M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 131726769 · Trusted Media Brands, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan · $47M · 530 · 85th

  • EBSA $47M
  • PART 530
  • TYPE 85th
  • NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOOK near Retirement Plan for Employees of the Watson Institute
  • VS-ST ind #2217

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 →

Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance 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)$49M
Net Assets (End of Year)-$524K
Net Income-$42M
Employer EIN131726769
Plan Effective Date2015-05-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Trusted Media Brands, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Trusted Media Brands, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$142M 17.11541363899118% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$120M$140M$160M$180M$200M 202220232024 $172M $142M ▼ -17.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 862 $172M
2023 3 1,452 $184M
2024 1 413 $142M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.046822812 · Participants: 530Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance 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
Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan for Employees of the Watson Institute in PA ($47M); by covered participants it is Ste. Michelle Wine Estates LLC Retirement Income Plan in WA (530 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (530 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 Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan edged down modestly - down 4.9% during 2023, from $49M to $47M. Reported net income was -$42M.
How have Trusted Media Brands, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Trusted Media Brands, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 17.1%, from $172M to $142M.
Where does Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan ranks in the 85th 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Plan for Employees of the Watson Institute in PA ($47M, 54 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Cash Balance Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ste. Michelle Wine Estates LLC Retirement Income Plan in WA (530 participants, $58M 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 131726769.

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.