Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

American Dental Association Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$174M
Total assets Near avg plan size
442
Participants Below avg headcount
94th
Percentile by assets National rank
$394,473
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ada Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by American Dental Association · Illinois · Other Services

$174M in assets, 442 participants

American Dental Association's Ada Employees' Retirement Plan reported $174M in total assets and 442 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.

  • #7,569 in Other Services (7,719 peers)

Where Ada Employees' Retirement Plan sits by assets

Ada Employees' Retirement Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $174M for 442 participants (~$394,473/participant), down 3.5% in 2024.

#7,569
in Other Services (7,719 peers)
-3.5%
assets change YoY
1.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $6M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Ada Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Ada Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$174,356,978 Top 6% higher than 94% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Ada Employees' Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Ada Employees' Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (442 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Ada Employees' Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $13M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$6M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ada Employees' Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 399 in the plan year 2023 filing to 442 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ada Employees' Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $181M in the plan year 2023 filing to $174M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 360724690 · American Dental Association PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Ada Employees' Retirement Plan · $174M · 442 · 94th

  • EIN $174M
  • RANK 442
  • PHOTO 94th
  • IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EOY near Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan
  • 5500 ind #7569

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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Ada Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Ada Employees' Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$181M
Net Assets (End of Year)$174M
Net Income-$6M
Employer EIN360724690
Plan Effective Date1947-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (American Dental Association)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All American Dental Association plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$301M 10.435567370607435% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$260M$270M$280M$290M$300M$310M 202220232024 $273M $301M ▲ +10.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 802 $273M
2023 2 806 $303M
2024 2 885 $301M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Ada Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Ada Employees' Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.174356978 · Participants: 442Ada Employees' Retirement PlanCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.22071058 · Participants: 36799Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 37.736369487 · Participants: 41619State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesGE Healthcare Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.74052931 · Participants: 5554GE Healthcare Pension PlanAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.591907247 · Participants: 17875Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement PlanUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.17675965 · Participants: 20984United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund
Ada Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Ada Employees' Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Ada Employees' Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan in MN ($174M); by covered participants it is Disabled American Veterans Retirement / Pension Equity Plan in KY (442 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (442 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Ada Employees' Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Ada Employees' Retirement Plan edged down modestly - down 3.5% during 2024, from $181M to $174M. Reported net income was -$6M.
How have American Dental Association plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), American Dental Association's sponsor-wide assets grew 10.4%, from $273M to $301M.
Where does Ada Employees' Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ada Employees' Retirement Plan ranks in the 94th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Ada Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried Employees Pension Plan in MN ($174M, 893 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ada Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Disabled American Veterans Retirement / Pension Equity Plan in KY (442 participants, $72M in assets).

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 360724690.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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