Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Board of Trustees Ara Pension Plan Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-07-24
- $49M
- Total assets
- 54
- Participants
- 84th
- Percentile by assets
- $902,305
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: American Radio Association Pension Plan · Sponsored by Board of Trustees Ara Pension Plan · California · Information & Media
$49M in assets, 54 participants
Board of Trustees Ara Pension Plan's American Radio Association Pension Plan reported $49M in total assets and 54 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 84th 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.
- 84th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
Where American Radio Association Pension Plan sits by assets
American Radio Association Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $49M for 54 participants (~$902,305/participant), down 3.5% in 2024.
- $49M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 54
- covered participants
- 84th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $902,305
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- American Radio Association Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- American Radio Association Pension Plan reported participants rose from 51 in the plan year 2023 filing to 54 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- American Radio Association Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $50M in the plan year 2023 filing to $49M in the plan year 2024 filing.
American Radio Association Pension Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, American Radio Association Pension Plan outranks 84% 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 (730 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $50M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $49M |
| Net Income | -$2M |
| Employer EIN | 136161999 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1956-04-13 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees Ara Pension Plan)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 128 | $58M |
| 2023 | 2 | 131 | $57M |
| 2024 | 2 | 134 | $56M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
American Radio Association Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
- 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
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $10.4B · 9,984
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to American Radio Association Pension Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Moody Bible Institute Pension Plan (IL) $49M · 105
- Actors' Equity Association Staff Pension Plan (NY) $49M · 116
- United Construction Workers Pension Fund (MN) $49M · 147
- Teamsters Local No. 35 Pension Plan (NJ) $49M · 494
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- By total assets, American Radio Association Pension Plan ranks in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California. Compare plans
- Board of Trustees Ara Pension Plan's sponsor-wide assets have declined 4.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Information & Media plans
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 136161999.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.