Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant

Data updated 2026-05-15

$55M
Total assets
319
Participants
85th
Percentile by assets
$172,194
Avg per participant

Sponsored by W.R. Grace & Co. -Ct · Maryland · Manufacturing

What the 2024 filing shows

W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant holds $55M for 319 participants - about $172,194 per participant, in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, down 6.3% over the 2024 plan year.

$55M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
319
covered participants
85th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$172,194
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $4M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Manufacturing

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant

W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant is an Other retirement plan sponsored by W.R. Grace & Co. -Ct, headquartered in Maryland. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $55M in total end-of-year assets and covers 319 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 135114230, and the plan has been effective since 1972-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets pulled back noticeably from $59M at the beginning of 2024 to $55M at year-end - down 6.3%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $55M, with reported net income of -$4M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years W.R. Grace & Co. -Ct has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $139M to $137M, a decline of 2.0%, while reported participants moved from 718 to 708 (-1.4%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $142M; the softest was 2024 at $137M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $139M in assets across 5 plans covering 718 participants; 2023 - $142M in assets across 5 plans covering 753 participants; 2024 - $137M in assets across 5 plans covering 708 participants.

By assets, W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant outranks 85% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 0.5x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$59M
Total Assets (End of Year)$55M
Net Assets (End of Year)$55M
Net Income-$4M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN135114230
Plan Effective Date1972-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (W.R. Grace & Co. -Ct)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 718 $139M
2023 5 753 $142M
2024 5 708 $137M

Nearby Other Plans in Maryland

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant holds $55M in total assets with 319 participants. It is sponsored by W.R. Grace & Co. -Ct.
What type of plan is W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant?
W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1972-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 135114230.
Who sponsors the W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant?
W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant is sponsored by W.R. Grace & Co. -Ct, located in Maryland. The sponsor's EIN is 135114230 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant perform in 2024?
W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant pulled back noticeably - down 6.3% during 2024, moving from $59M to $55M in total assets. Net income was -$4M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on W.R. Grace & Co. Retirement Plan for Curtis Bay Plant's numbers.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 135114230.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.