Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Foster Poultry Farms Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $382M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 2,319
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 96th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $164,801
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Foster Farms Group Pension Plan · Sponsored by Foster Poultry Farms · California · Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing
$382M in assets, 2,319 participants
Foster Poultry Farms's Foster Farms Group Pension Plan reported $382M in total assets and 2,319 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.
- #1,206 in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,217 peers)
Coverage in California
Foster Farms Group Pension Plan covers 2,319 participants in California, 3.7x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $382M.
- #1,206
- in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,217 peers)
- +1.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 3.8×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Foster Farms Group Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Foster Farms Group Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$382,173,426 Top 4% higher than 96% 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
Foster Farms Group Pension Plan'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. Foster Farms Group Pension Plan lands in the large band (2,319 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Foster Farms Group Pension Plan reported net income rose from $397K in the plan year 2023 filing to $2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Foster Farms Group Pension Plan reported participants fell from 2,691 in the plan year 2023 filing to 2,319 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Foster Farms Group Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $375M in the plan year 2023 filing to $382M in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 942382364 · Foster Poultry Farms PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Foster Farms Group Pension Plan · $382M · 2,319 · 96th
- EOY $382M
- 5500 2,319
- ASSETS 96th
- PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EIN near Kansas City Division Hourly Employees' Pension Plan
- RANK ind #1206
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 Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing retirement plans → · Plans in California →
Foster Farms Group Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $375M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $378M |
| Net Income | $2M |
| Employer EIN | 942382364 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1990-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Foster Poultry Farms)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Foster Poultry Farms plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $838M 9.76082774925749% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 13,687 | $764M |
| 2023 | 2 | 14,234 | $794M |
| 2024 | 2 | 14,058 | $838M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $34.5B · 135,057
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $17.6B · 27,500
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $11.4B · 18,983
- Western States Carpenters Pension Plan $11.3B · 48,582
- Ilwu-Pma Pension Plan $10.8B · 15,833
Foster Farms Group Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Kansas City Division Hourly Employees' Pension Plan in NC ($382M); by covered participants it is Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees in LA (2,317 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($382M here).
- Kansas City Division Hourly Employees' Pension Plan (NC) $382M · 460
- Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund (MD) $382M · 1,499
- Retirement Income Plan for Employees of Armstrong World Industries Inc (PA) $382M · 641
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Boeing Employees' Credit Union (WA) $382M · 2,549
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,319 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees (LA) 2,317 · 2 off
- Ryder System, Inc. Retirement Plan (GA) 2,321 · 2 off
- IBEW Local 683 Pension Fund Pension Plan (MO) 2,325 · 6 off
- Pipefitters Union Local No. 537 Pension Fund (MA) 2,310 · 9 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.