Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$20M
Total assets Small plan by assets
65
Participants Small participant base
71st
Percentile by assets National rank
$311,965
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation · Sponsored by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation · Florida · Other Services

$20M in assets, 65 participants

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation reported $20M in total assets and 65 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 71st 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.

  • #6,469 in Other Services (7,719 peers)

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation multi-year trail

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's plans moved +165.0% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation at $20M / 65 participants.

#6,469
in Other Services (7,719 peers)
+4.7%
assets growth YoY

Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation vs every filed plan by assets

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

$20,277,747 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation is a small filing (65 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 650464177 · John S. and James L. Knight Foundation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation · $20M · 65 · 71st

  • EBSA $20M
  • EBSA 65
  • EBSA 71st
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Motiva Chemicals Cash Balance Pension Plan
  • EBSA ind #6469

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 Florida →

Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation in the asset neighbourhood

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

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All John S. and James L. Knight Foundation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$43M 165.03462343734537% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$20M$30M$40M$50M 202220232024 $16.1M $42.6M ▲ +165.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 55 $16M
2023 1 61 $19M
2024 2 125 $43M

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$19M
Net Assets (End of Year)$20M
Net Income$909K
Employer EIN650464177
Plan Effective Date1978-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Florida

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

Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Florida, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500005000100001500020000 -202468 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation, Total assets ($B): 0.020277747 · Participants: 65Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight FoundationL3harris Technologies Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.598643443 · Participants: 4996L3harris Technologies Consolidated Pension PlanNextera Energy, Inc. Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.345055504 · Participants: 14419Nextera Energy, Inc. Employee Pension PlanRetirement Accumulation Plan for Partners of Pwc, Total assets ($B): 2.667043153 · Participants: 3950Retirement Accumulation Plan for Partners of PwcCsx Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.291461429 · Participants: 2293Csx Pension PlanRetirement Benefit Accumulation Plan for Employees of Pwc, Total assets ($B): 1.933306082 · Participants: 5001Retirement Benefit Accumulation Plan for Employees of Pwc
Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Florida, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Florida, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Motiva Chemicals Cash Balance Pension Plan in TX ($20M); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Employees of Cascade Utilities Inc. and Affiliated Companies in OR (65 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

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 Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation assets move in 2024? ▼
Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation edged up modestly - up 4.7% during 2024, from $19M to $20M. Reported net income was $909K.
How have John S. and James L. Knight Foundation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's sponsor-wide assets grew 165.0%, from $16M to $43M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Motiva Chemicals Cash Balance Pension Plan in TX ($20M, 87 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan for Employees of the Knight Foundation? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Plan for Employees of Cascade Utilities Inc. and Affiliated Companies in OR (65 participants, $22M 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 650464177.

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.