Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Advance Publications, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$911M
Total assets
626
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$1.5M
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Advance Pension Plan · Sponsored by Advance Publications, Inc. · New York · Information & Media

$911M in assets, 626 participants

Advance Publications, Inc.'s Advance Pension Plan reported $911M in total assets and 626 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • 98th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)

Where Advance Pension Plan sits by assets

Advance Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $911M for 626 participants (~$1.5M/participant), down 5.3% in 2024.

$911M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
626
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$1.5M
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $51M 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

  • Advance Pension Plan reported net income fell from -$14M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$51M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Advance Pension Plan reported participants fell from 770 in the plan year 2023 filing to 626 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Advance Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $962M in the plan year 2023 filing to $911M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

State
New York
Industry
Information & Media

Advance Pension Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution

By assets, Advance Pension Plan outranks 98% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 9.1x the national average plan size of $100M (730 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$962M
Net Assets (End of Year)$911M
Net Income-$51M
Employer EIN135576716
Plan Effective Date1976-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Advance Publications, Inc.)

$2.2B$2.3B$2.4B$2.5B$2.6B$2.7B 202220232024 $2.32B $2.58B ▲ +11.2%
Total plan assets by year, all Advance Publications, Inc. plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,665 $2.3B
2023 2 7,774 $2.5B
2024 2 7,387 $2.6B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How did Advance Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Advance Pension Plan pulled back noticeably - down 5.3% during 2024, from $962M to $911M. Reported net income was -$51M.
How have Advance Publications, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Advance Publications, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 11.0%, from $2.3B to $2.6B.
Where does Advance Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Advance Pension Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 116,472 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Advance Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Education Association in DC ($910M, 988 participants).

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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 135576716.

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.