Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Trustees of Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$5M
Total assets Small plan by assets
N/A
Participants Small participant base
42nd
Percentile by assets National rank
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Official DOL plan name: Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund · Sponsored by Trustees of Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund · New York · Information & Media

$5M in assets, N/A participants

Trustees of Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund's Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund reported $5M in total assets and N/A participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 42nd 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.

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

Trustees of Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund multi-year trail

Trustees of Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund's plans moved -34.3% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund at $5M / N/A participants.

#745
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
-22.6%
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.

Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund's mid-pack asset rank among Information & Media and all filers

Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund vs every filed plan by assets

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

$5,112,196 42nd percentile higher than 42% 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

Filed plans by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund reported net income fell from -$1M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund end-of-year assets fell from $7M in the plan year 2023 filing to $5M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 046059447 · Trustees of Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund · $5M · N/A · 42nd

  • EOY $5M
  • EOY N/A
  • EOY 42nd
  • EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EOY near White Hart, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan
  • EOY ind #745

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 New York →

Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Trustees of Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Trustees of Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$5M 34.266248774450716% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4M$5M$6M$7M$8M$9M 202220232024 $7.78M $5.11M ▼ -34.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 N/A $8M
2023 1 N/A $7M
2024 1 N/A $5M

Trustees of Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7M
Net Assets (End of Year)$5M
Net Income-$1M
Employer EIN046059447
Plan Effective Date1954-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund, Total assets ($B): 0.005112196 · Participants: 0Boston Newspaper Retirement FundIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.919858993 · Participants: 48014IBM Personal Pension Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.913316696 · Participants: 1118331199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.588456377 · Participants: 10608Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.970337119 · Participants: 8876Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanGE Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.92290143 · Participants: 5829GE Energy Pension Plan
Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund side-by-side with 3 peers →

Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund's closest out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by end-of-year assets is White Hart, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA at $5M (this filing: $5M).

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 Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund assets move in 2024? ▼
Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund declined sharply - down 22.6% during 2024, from $7M to $5M. Reported net income was -$1M.
How have Trustees of Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Trustees of Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund's sponsor-wide assets declined 34.3%, from $8M to $5M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Boston Newspaper Retirement Fund? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is White Hart, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA ($5M, 2 participants).

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 046059447.

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.