Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
National Geographic Society Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $195M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 60
- Participants Small participant base
- 94th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $3.3M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
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.
- #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.
- #2,575
- in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
- -7.2%
- assets change YoY
- 2.0×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
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.
Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society's outsized position by total assets
Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$195,209,249 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society is a small filing (60 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
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.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 530193519 · National Geographic Society PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society · $195M · 60 · 94th
- 5500 $195M
- ASSETS 60
- PCT 94th
- EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
- RANK near Michigan Bac Pension Fund
- PHOTO ind #2575
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 →
Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society in the asset neighbourhood
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)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in District of Columbia
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central Pension Fund of the Iuoe & Participating Employers $27.4B · 103,525
- Iam National Pension Fund $15.0B · 102,493
- United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Plan $3.8B · 58
- Liuna Staff and Affiliates Pension Fund $1.9B · 3,559
- Bricklayers & Trowel Trades International Pension Fund $1.9B · 27,474
Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Geographic Society's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside District of Columbia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Michigan Bac Pension Fund in MI ($195M); by covered participants it is Parkwood LLC Pension Plan in OH (60 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($195M here).
- 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
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (60 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.