Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
The National Geographic Society Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $27M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 42
- Participants Small participant base
- 76th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $648,361
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The National Geographic Society 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by The National Geographic Society · District of Columbia · Information & Media
$27M in assets, 42 participants
The National Geographic Society's The National Geographic Society 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan reported $27M in total assets and 42 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 76th 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.
- #1,897 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
Where The National Geographic Society 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan sits by assets
The National Geographic Society 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $27M for 42 participants (~$648,361/participant), down 1.4% in 2024.
- #1,897
- in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
- -1.4%
- assets change YoY
- 0.3×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $395K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The National Geographic Society 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
The National Geographic Society 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$27,231,166 Top 24% higher than 76% 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
The National Geographic Society 403(b) Retirement Savings 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. The National Geographic Society 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan is a small filing (42 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- The National Geographic Society 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan reported net income fell from -$185K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$395K in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The National Geographic Society 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan reported participants fell from 58 in the plan year 2023 filing to 42 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The National Geographic Society 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets fell from $28M in the plan year 2023 filing to $27M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 530193519 · The National Geographic Society PY 2024 · Other
The National Geographic Society 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan · $27M · 42 · 76th
- BOOK $27M
- VS-ST 42
- BOY 76th
- SCH Other
- EBSA near Jesuit High School of Sacramento Employee Retirement Plan
- PART ind #1897
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 District of Columbia →
The National Geographic Society 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $28M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $27M |
| Net Income | -$395K |
| Employer EIN | 530193519 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1982-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The National Geographic Society)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The National Geographic Society plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $385M 0.49302619937006753% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 623 | $383M |
| 2023 | 3 | 660 | $388M |
| 2024 | 3 | 680 | $385M |
Nearby Other Plans in District of Columbia
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' Pension Benefit Fund $2.8B · 450,729
- Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan $2.5B · 4,882
- American University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan $1.4B · 5,480
- Howard University Savings Plan $1.2B · 6,543
- Georgetown University Voluntary Contribution Retirement Plan $979M · 14,512
The National Geographic Society 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside District of Columbia, the nearest Other by assets is Jesuit High School of Sacramento Employee Retirement Plan in CA ($27M); by covered participants it is Ronald McDonald's House Charities of Metro St. Louis 403 (B) Retirement Plan in MO (42 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($27M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (42 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.