Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund

Data updated 2026-05-15

$41M
Total assets
227
Participants
83th
Percentile by assets
$180,421
Avg per participant

Sponsored by IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund · Virginia · Construction

What the 2023 filing shows

IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund holds $41M for 227 participants - about $180,421 per participant, in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, up 15.4% over the 2023 plan year.

$41M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
227
covered participants
83th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$180,421
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Construction

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund

IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund is an Other retirement plan sponsored by IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund, headquartered in Virginia. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $41M in total end-of-year assets and covers 227 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 236399737, and the plan has been effective since 1964-06-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew sharply from $35M at the beginning of 2023 to $41M at year-end - up 15.4%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $41M, with reported net income of $5M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 1 prior plan-year filing from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 2 plan years IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2023), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $35M to $41M, a gain of 15.4%, while reported participants moved from 219 to 227 (+3.7%). Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $35M in assets across 1 plan covering 219 participants; 2023 - $41M in assets across 1 plan covering 227 participants.

By assets, IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund outranks 83% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 0.4x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$35M
Total Assets (End of Year)$41M
Net Assets (End of Year)$41M
Net Income$5M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN236399737
Plan Effective Date1964-06-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 219 $35M
2023 1 227 $41M

Nearby Other Plans in Virginia

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund holds $41M in total assets with 227 participants. It is sponsored by IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund.
What type of plan is IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund?
IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1964-06-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 236399737.
Who sponsors the IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund?
IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund is sponsored by IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund, located in Virginia. The sponsor's EIN is 236399737 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund perform in 2023?
IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund grew sharply - up 15.4% during 2023, moving from $35M to $41M in total assets. Net income was $5M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund's numbers.

  • By total assets, IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund ranks in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in Virginia. Compare plans
  • IBEW Local No. 229 Pension Fund's sponsor-wide assets have grown 15.4% since 2022 across 2 plan years on file. More Construction plans
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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 236399737.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.