Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Great Plains Communications LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$24M
Total assets Small plan by assets
77
Participants Small participant base
74th
Percentile by assets National rank
$311,302
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan · Sponsored by Great Plains Communications LLC · Nebraska · Information & Media

$24M in assets, 77 participants

Great Plains Communications LLC's Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan reported $24M in total assets and 77 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 74th 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.

  • #1,809 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Great Plains Communications LLC multi-year trail

Great Plains Communications LLC's plans moved +26.6% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan at $24M / 77 participants.

#1,809
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
-5.6%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $1M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$23,970,243 Top 26% higher than 74% 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

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' 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. Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan is a small filing (77 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan reported net income fell from $1M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan reported participants fell from 82 in the plan year 2023 filing to 77 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $25M in the plan year 2023 filing to $24M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 470397919 · Great Plains Communications LLC PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan · $24M · 77 · 74th

  • RANK $24M
  • PHOTO 77
  • IND 74th
  • EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • 5500 near Kennedy Valve Factory Employees Pension Plan
  • ASSETS ind #1809

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 Nebraska →

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Great Plains Communications LLC multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Great Plains Communications LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$87M 26.560918558264934% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$60M$70M$80M$90M 202220232024 $68.4M $86.5M ▲ +26.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 455 $68M
2023 2 463 $80M
2024 2 473 $87M

Great Plains Communications LLC filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$25M
Net Assets (End of Year)$24M
Net Income-$1M
Employer EIN470397919
Plan Effective Date1961-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Nebraska

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

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Nebraska, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -20246 Total assets ($B) Participants Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.023970243 · Participants: 77Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension PlanBerkshire Hathaway Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.15539935 · Participants: 9020Berkshire Hathaway Consolidated Pension PlanPension Plan for Salaried Employees of Union Pacific Corporation & Affiliates, Total assets ($B): 4.052923429 · Participants: 3382Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Union Pacific Corporation & AffiliatesMutual of Omaha Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.960447908 · Participants: 415Mutual of Omaha Retirement Income PlanRetirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife, Total assets ($B): 0.827522361 · Participants: 257Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of WoodmenlifeThe Restated Ag Processing Inc Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.379187928 · Participants: 1105The Restated Ag Processing Inc Retirement Plan
Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Nebraska, assets vs. participants

Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Nebraska, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Kennedy Valve Factory Employees Pension Plan in AL ($24M); by covered participants it is Urology of St. Louis, Inc. Cash Balance Pension Plan in MO (77 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (77 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 Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan assets move in 2024?
Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan pulled back noticeably - down 5.6% during 2024, from $25M to $24M. Reported net income was -$1M.
How have Great Plains Communications LLC plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Great Plains Communications LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 26.6%, from $68M to $87M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Kennedy Valve Factory Employees Pension Plan in AL ($24M, 108 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Great Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Urology of St. Louis, Inc. Cash Balance Pension Plan in MO (77 participants, N/A in assets).