Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
National Geographic Society Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $195M
- Total assets
- 60
- Participants
- 94th
- Percentile by assets
- $3.3M
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society · Sponsored by National Geographic Society · District of Columbia · Information & Media
$195M in assets, 60 participants
National Geographic Society's Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society reported $195M in total assets and 60 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.
- 94th percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- #2,575 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
Where Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society sits by assets
Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $195M for 60 participants (~$3.3M/participant), down 7.2% in 2024.
- $195M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 60
- covered participants
- 94th
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $3.3M
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $27M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society reported net income fell from -$7M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$27M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society reported participants fell from 66 in the plan year 2023 filing to 60 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society end-of-year assets fell from $210M in the plan year 2023 filing to $195M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society outranks 94% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 2.0x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $210M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $169M |
| Net Income | -$27M |
| Employer EIN | 530193519 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1936-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (National Geographic Society)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 623 | $383M |
| 2023 | 3 | 660 | $388M |
| 2024 | 3 | 680 | $385M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in District of Columbia
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in District of Columbia, assets vs. participants
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- Iam National Pension Fund $15.0B · 102,493
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- Bricklayers & Trowel Trades International Pension Fund $1.9B · 27,474
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society by total assets, not by location.
- Michigan Bac Pension Fund (MI) $195M · 1,207
- Bemis Retirement Plan (WI) $195M · 1,021
- Rga Reinsurance Company Performance Pension Plan (MO) $196M · 1,183
- Banquet Employees - Unions Pension Trust Fund (NE) $195M · 830
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