Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Public Media Group of Southern California Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$41M
Total assets
169
Participants
82nd
Percentile by assets
$244,594
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Public Media Group of Southern California · California · Educational Services

$41M in assets, 169 participants

Public Media Group of Southern California's Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan reported $41M in total assets and 169 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 82nd 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.

  • 82nd percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)

What the 2024 filing shows

Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan holds $41M for 169 participants - about $244,594 per participant, in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, up 4.7% over the 2024 plan year.

$41M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
169
covered participants
82nd
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$244,594
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Educational Services

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan

Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Public Media Group of Southern California, headquartered in California. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $41M in total end-of-year assets and covers 169 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 952211661, and the plan has been effective since 1989-07-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged up modestly from $39M at the beginning of 2024 to $41M at year-end - up 4.7%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $41M, with reported net income of $2M 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 Public Media Group of Southern California has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $35M to $41M, a gain of 16.6%, while reported participants moved from 155 to 169 (+9.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $41M; the softest was 2022 at $35M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $35M in assets across 1 plan covering 155 participants; 2023 - $39M in assets across 1 plan covering 169 participants; 2024 - $41M in assets across 1 plan covering 169 participants.

By assets, Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan outranks 82% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 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 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement 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)$39M
Total Assets (End of Year)$41M
Net Assets (End of Year)$41M
Net Income$2M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN952211661
Plan Effective Date1989-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Public Media Group of Southern California)

$34M$36M$38M$40M$42M 202220232024 $35.5M $41.3M ▲ +16.6%
Total plan assets by year, all Public Media Group of Southern California 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 155 $35M
2023 1 169 $39M
2024 1 169 $41M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan holds $41M in total assets with 169 participants. It is sponsored by Public Media Group of Southern California.
What type of plan is Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan?
Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1989-07-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 952211661.
Who sponsors the Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan?
Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan is sponsored by Public Media Group of Southern California, located in California. The sponsor's EIN is 952211661 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan perform in 2024?
Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 4.7% during 2024, moving from $39M to $41M in total assets. Net income was $2M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Public Media Group of Southern California 403(b) Retirement Plan 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 California. Compare plans
  • Public Media Group of Southern California's sponsor-wide assets have grown 16.6% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans
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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 952211661.

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 2026-07-24.