Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Advance Publications, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$911M
Total assets Above avg plan size
626
Participants Below avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.5M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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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.

  • #2,739 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

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.

#2,739
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
-5.3%
assets change YoY
9.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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.

Advance Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Advance Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$911,343,194 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Advance Pension 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. Advance Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (626 participants).

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 →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 135576716 · Advance Publications, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Advance Pension Plan · $911M · 626 · 98th

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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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Advance Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Mondelez Global LLC Retirement PlanMondelez Global LLC Retireme…$914MAdvance Pension Plan$911MEmployees' Retirement Plan of the National Education AssociationEmployees' Retirement Plan o…$910MNationwide Retirement Plan - Account BalanceNationwide Retirement Plan -…$908MLockheed Martin Corporation Pension Plan for Employees in Participating Bargaining UnitsLockheed Martin Corporation …$908M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Advance Pension 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)$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.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Advance Publications, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.6B 11.003618506140473% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.2B$2.3B$2.4B$2.5B$2.6B$2.7B 202220232024 $2.32B $2.58B ▲ +11.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,665 $2.3B
2023 2 7,774 $2.5B
2024 2 7,387 $2.6B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Advance Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Advance Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.911343194 · Participants: 626Advance Pension PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.919858993 · Participants: 48014IBM Personal Pension Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.913316696 · Participants: 1118331199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.588456377 · Participants: 10608Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.970337119 · Participants: 8876Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanGE Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.92290143 · Participants: 5829GE Energy Pension Plan
Advance Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Advance Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Employees' Retirement Plan of the National Education Association in DC ($910M); by covered participants it is First Community Credit Union Retirement Pension Plan in MO (626 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (626 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 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 123,622 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).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Advance Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is First Community Credit Union Retirement Pension Plan in MO (626 participants, $62M 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 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.