Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
John Sponsler, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $4M
- Total assets
- 4
- Participants
- 38th
- Percentile by assets
- $966,895
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Brand X Music, LLC Cash Balance Plan · Sponsored by John Sponsler, Inc. · California · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
$4M in assets, 4 participants
John Sponsler, Inc.'s Brand X Music, LLC Cash Balance Plan reported $4M in total assets and 4 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 38th 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.
- 38th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation sector rank
Within Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Brand X Music, LLC Cash Balance Plan ranks #1,636 of 2,716 2024 filers by assets (729% of the sector average)-$4M for 4 participants.
- $4M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 4
- covered participants
- 38th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $966,895
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Brand X Music, LLC Cash Balance Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3M in the plan year 2023 filing to $4M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Brand X Music, LLC Cash Balance Plan reported net income rose from $651K in the plan year 2023 filing to $696K in the plan year 2024 filing.
Rank #1,636 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
Among 2,716 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation plans that filed a Form 5500 for plan year 2024, Brand X Music, LLC Cash Balance Plan ranks #1,636 by end-of-year assets - about 729% of the sector average of $28M. Nationally it sits in the 38th percentile, a stronger position within its industry than across all filers.
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4M |
| Net Income | $696K |
| Employer EIN | 352367709 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2008-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (John Sponsler, Inc.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | $3M |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 | $3M |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | $4M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Brand X Music, LLC Cash Balance Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $34.5B · 135,057
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $17.6B · 27,500
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $11.4B · 18,983
- Western States Carpenters Pension Plan $11.3B · 48,582
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $10.4B · 9,984
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Brand X Music, LLC Cash Balance Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Retirement Plan for Employees of the Polarware Company (WI) $4M · 17
- Individual Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees of Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. (IL) $4M · 34
- Pension Plan of Visteon Caribbean, Inc. (MI) $4M · N/A
- Retirement Plan for the Hourly Union Employees of GE Aviation Systems, Sterling, Va Division (OH) $4M · 13
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Brand X Music, LLC Cash Balance Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Brand X Music, LLC Cash Balance Plan ranks in the lower half of filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California. Compare plans
- John Sponsler, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 53.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Arts, Entertainment & Recreation plans
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.
Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 352367709.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.