Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Graham Holdings Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 6,257
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $475,369
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company · Sponsored by Graham Holdings Company · Virginia · Educational Services
$3.0B in assets, 6,257 participants
Graham Holdings Company's The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company reported $3.0B in total assets and 6,257 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- #3,615 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company covers 6,257 participants in Virginia, 8.0x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $3.0B.
- #3,615
- in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
- -1.0%
- assets change YoY
- 30×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $38M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company's outsized position by total assets
The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$2,974,384,939 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company lands in the large band (6,257 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company reported net income fell from $477M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$38M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company reported participants rose from 5,213 in the plan year 2023 filing to 6,257 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company end-of-year assets fell from $3.0B in the plan year 2023 filing to $3.0B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 530182885 · Graham Holdings Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company · $3.0B · 6,257 · 99th
- EOY $3.0B
- 5500 6,257
- ASSETS 99th
- PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EIN near Kraft Heinz Retirement Plan
- RANK ind #3615
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 Educational Services retirement plans → · Plans in Virginia →
The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company in the asset neighbourhood
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.0B |
| Net Income | -$38M |
| Employer EIN | 530182885 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1974-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Graham Holdings Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Graham Holdings Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4.0B 20.989154396220865% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 13,077 | $3.3B |
| 2023 | 4 | 15,936 | $3.9B |
| 2024 | 4 | 16,338 | $4.0B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan $18.8B · 12,678
- Retirement Security Plan $11.5B · 56,633
- Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund $8.9B · 63,530
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla $8.4B · 6,737
- Dominion Energy Pension Plan $8.3B · 11,758
Scale composition for The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company
The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company reports $3.0B in end-of-year assets across 6,257 participants (0.024% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $475,369 per participant (3.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$38M.
This plan identity (EIN 530182885, plan #009) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.5B to $3.0B (+17.7%) while covered participants moved from 4,874 to 6,257 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4,874 | $2.5B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 5,213 | $3.0B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 6,257 | $3.0B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- The Savings Plan for Graham Holdings Company (401(k), $537M, 3,141 participants)
- The Kaplan, Inc. Tax Deferred Savings Plan for Salaried Employees (401(k), $366M, 1,706 participants)
- The 401(k) Savings Plan for Ghc Affiliates (401(k), $77M, 5,234 participants)
The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Kraft Heinz Retirement Plan in PA ($3.0B); by covered participants it is Nestle Hourly Retirement Plan in OH (6,283 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.0B here).
- Kraft Heinz Retirement Plan (PA) $3.0B · 3,742
- Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund, Local 597 (IL) $3.0B · 6,435
- Consolidated Roche Retirement Plan (NJ) $2.9B · 1,965
- Upmc Basic Retirement Plan (PA) $3.0B · 74,793
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,257 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Nestle Hourly Retirement Plan (OH) 6,283 · 26 off
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of Kansas City (MO) 6,218 · 39 off
- Willis-Knighton Medical Center Employees Retirement Plan (LA) 6,197 · 60 off
- Jefferson Defined Benefit Plan (PA) 6,179 · 78 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.