Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $97M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 81
- Participants Small participant base
- 90th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.2M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan · Sponsored by Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys · Michigan · Manufacturing
$97M in assets, 81 participants
Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys's Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan reported $97M in total assets and 81 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.
- #15,205 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Where Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan sits by assets
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $97M for 81 participants (~$1.2M/participant), up 0.4% in 2024.
- #15,205
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +0.4%
- assets growth YoY
- 1.0×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$97,308,880 Top 10% higher than 90% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit 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. Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan is a small filing (81 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan reported net income fell from $4M in the plan year 2023 filing to $373K in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan reported participants fell from 91 in the plan year 2023 filing to 81 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $97M in the plan year 2023 filing to $97M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 454395876 · Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan · $97M · 81 · 90th
- RANK $97M
- RANK 81
- RANK 90th
- RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
- RANK near Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel
- RANK ind #15205
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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Michigan →
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $97M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $97M |
| Net Income | $373K |
| Employer EIN | 454395876 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1966-12-29 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Joint Board of Administration C/O Benesys plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $97M 4.362068281162477% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 81 | $93M |
| 2023 | 1 | 91 | $97M |
| 2024 | 1 | 81 | $97M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan $42.5B · 15,648
- Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan $17.8B · 25,742
- Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan $12.1B · 8,585
- Dow Employees' Pension Plan $10.9B · 6,888
- Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement $10.3B · 12,752
Detroit Free Press, Inc. Newspaper Guild of Detroit Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel in CO ($97M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan for Employees of Magnesita Refractories Company in PA (81 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($97M here).
- Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel (CO) $97M · 285
- Constellation Cash Balance Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees (PA) $97M · 1,144
- Aecom Pension Plan (TX) $97M · 122
- Retiree Pension Plan (OH) $97M · N/A
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (81 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Pension Plan for Employees of Magnesita Refractories Company (PA) 81 · 0 off
- Irving Tissue Pension Plan (NY) 81 · 0 off
- Vesuvius USA Corporation Pension Plan (NC) 81 · 0 off
- North Shore Bank Retirement Plan (WI) 81 · 0 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.