Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Toledo Blade Company Blade Pension Trust Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$98M
Total assets Below avg plan size
46
Participants Small participant base
90th
Percentile by assets National rank
$2.1M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan · Sponsored by Toledo Blade Company Blade Pension Trust · Ohio · Information & Media

$98M in assets, 46 participants

Toledo Blade Company Blade Pension Trust's The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan reported $98M in total assets and 46 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th 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.

  • #2,433 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Where The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan sits by assets

The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $98M for 46 participants (~$2.1M/participant), up 1.6% in 2024.

#2,433
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
+1.6%
assets growth YoY
1.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$98,167,408 Top 10% higher than 90% of 123,620 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 2024

The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan is a small filing (46 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan reported net income rose from $77K in the plan year 2023 filing to $2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan reported participants fell from 55 in the plan year 2023 filing to 46 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $97M in the plan year 2023 filing to $98M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 346074138 · Toledo Blade Company Blade Pension Trust PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan · $98M · 46 · 90th

  • EOY $98M
  • EOY 46
  • EOY 90th
  • EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EOY near Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Cash Balance Pension Plan
  • EOY ind #2433

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 Ohio →

The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension PlanThe Toledo Newspaper Unions …$98MDavis Wright Tremaine LLP Cash Balance Pension PlanDavis Wright Tremaine LLP Ca…$98MAviall, Inc. Retirement Plan$98MTropicana Products Defined Benefit PlanTropicana Products Defined B…$98MUnited Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-Clc Highway Contractors Multi-Employer Pension PlanUnited Steelworkers of Ameri…$98M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$97M
Net Assets (End of Year)$98M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN346074138
Plan Effective Date1967-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Toledo Blade Company Blade Pension Trust)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Toledo Blade Company Blade Pension Trust plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$98M 1.6872522408377777% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$96M$96.5M$97M$97.5M$98M$98.5M 202220232024 $96.5M $98.2M ▲ +1.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 65 $97M
2023 1 55 $97M
2024 1 46 $98M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio

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

The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500005000100001500020000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.098167408 · Participants: 46The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension PlanGE Aerospace Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.026079363 · Participants: 9637GE Aerospace Pension PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.474467697 · Participants: 12187Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.085797504 · Participants: 16073American Electric Power System Retirement PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.912834719 · Participants: 10387Ohio Operating Engineers Pension PlanParker Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.496388263 · Participants: 8120Parker Defined Benefit Pension Plan
The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Cash Balance Pension Plan in WA ($98M); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Employees of Ion Bank in CT (46 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (46 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan edged up modestly - up 1.6% during 2024, from $97M to $98M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Toledo Blade Company Blade Pension Trust plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Toledo Blade Company Blade Pension Trust's sponsor-wide assets grew 1.7%, from $97M to $98M.
Where does The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan ranks in the 90th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Cash Balance Pension Plan in WA ($98M, 167 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Plan for Employees of Ion Bank in CT (46 participants, $58M in assets).

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 346074138.

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.