Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

National Audubon Society Cash Balance Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$9M
Total assets
61
Participants
53th
Percentile by assets
$146,858
Avg per participant

Sponsored by National Audubon Society, Inc. · New York · Other Services

What the 2024 filing shows

National Audubon Society Cash Balance Pension Plan holds $9M for 61 participants - about $146,858 per participant, above the median plan by assets, down 12.2% over the 2024 plan year.

$9M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
61
covered participants
53th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$146,858
avg assets per participant

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.

State
Industry
Other Services

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About National Audubon Society Cash Balance Pension Plan

National Audubon Society Cash Balance Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by National Audubon Society, Inc., headquartered in New York. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $9M in total end-of-year assets and covers 61 participants across the Other Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 131624102, and the plan has been effective since 1986-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets pulled back noticeably from $10M at the beginning of 2024 to $9M at year-end - down 12.2%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $9M, with reported net income of -$1M 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 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years National Audubon Society, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $108M to $148M, a gain of 37.9%, while reported participants moved from 770 to 816 (+6.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $148M; the softest was 2022 at $108M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $108M in assets across 2 plans covering 770 participants; 2023 - $129M in assets across 2 plans covering 779 participants; 2024 - $148M in assets across 2 plans covering 816 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 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank National Audubon Society Cash Balance Pension Plan 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 (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$10M
Total Assets (End of Year)$9M
Net Assets (End of Year)$9M
Net Income-$1M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN131624102
Plan Effective Date1986-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (National Audubon Society, Inc.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 770 $108M
2023 2 779 $129M
2024 2 816 $148M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the National Audubon Society Cash Balance Pension Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, National Audubon Society Cash Balance Pension Plan holds $9M in total assets with 61 participants. It is sponsored by National Audubon Society, Inc..
What type of plan is National Audubon Society Cash Balance Pension Plan?
National Audubon Society Cash Balance Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1986-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 131624102.
Who sponsors the National Audubon Society Cash Balance Pension Plan?
National Audubon Society Cash Balance Pension Plan is sponsored by National Audubon Society, Inc., located in New York. The sponsor's EIN is 131624102 and the plan operates in the Other Services industry.
How did National Audubon Society Cash Balance Pension Plan perform in 2024?
National Audubon Society Cash Balance Pension Plan pulled back noticeably - down 12.2% during 2024, moving from $10M to $9M in total assets. Net income was -$1M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on National Audubon Society Cash Balance Pension Plan's numbers.

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 131624102.

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.