Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Schurz Communications, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$910K
Total assets Small plan by assets
28
Participants Small participant base
22nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$32,493
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Schurz Communications, Inc. · Indiana · Information & Media

$910K in assets, 28 participants

Schurz Communications, Inc.'s Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan reported $910K in total assets and 28 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 22nd 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.

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

Schurz Communications, Inc. multi-year trail

Schurz Communications, Inc.'s plans moved -32.0% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan at $910K / 28 participants.

#317
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
-98.5%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $61M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$909,801 22nd percentile higher than 22% 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

Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan is a small filing (28 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $135K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$61M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $62M in the plan year 2023 filing to $910K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 29 in the plan year 2023 filing to 28 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 350670960 · Schurz Communications, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan · $910K · 28 · 22nd

  • SCH $910K
  • SCH 28
  • SCH 22nd
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Future Industrial Technologies, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan
  • SCH ind #317

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 Indiana →

Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Schurz Communications, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Schurz Communications, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$96M 32.016966444102955% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$80M$100M$120M$140M$160M 202220232024 $141M $95.6M ▼ -32.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 524 $141M
2023 2 531 $148M
2024 2 533 $96M

Schurz Communications, Inc. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$62M
Net Assets (End of Year)$910K
Net Income-$61M
Employer EIN350670960
Plan Effective Date1942-09-25
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Indiana

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

Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Indiana, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.000909801 · Participants: 28Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement PlanThe Lilly Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.79293888 · Participants: 19897The Lilly Retirement PlanCummins Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.225499056 · Participants: 30640Cummins Pension PlanIndiana Laborers Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 1.815373164 · Participants: 11039Indiana Laborers Pension FundElevance Health Cash Balance Plan a, Total assets ($B): 1.237231976 · Participants: 7552Elevance Health Cash Balance Plan aNisource Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.003483487 · Participants: 2133Nisource Pension Plan
Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Indiana, assets vs. participants
Compare Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Indiana, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Future Industrial Technologies, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA ($912K); by covered participants it is The York Water Company Pension Plan for General and Administrative Employees in PA (28 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 Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan contracted severely - down 98.5% during 2024, from $62M to $910K. Reported net income was -$61M.
How have Schurz Communications, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Schurz Communications, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 32.0%, from $141M to $96M.
Where does Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan ranks in the 22nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Future Industrial Technologies, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA ($912K, 4 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Schurz Communications, Inc. Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The York Water Company Pension Plan for General and Administrative Employees in PA (28 participants, $43M 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 350670960.

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.