Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
The Legal Aid Society Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $53M
- Total assets
- 67
- Participants
- 85th
- Percentile by assets
- $786,539
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: The Legal Aid Society Retirement Plan · Sponsored by The Legal Aid Society · New York · Professional & Technical Services
$53M in assets, 67 participants
The Legal Aid Society's The Legal Aid Society Retirement Plan reported $53M in total assets and 67 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 85th 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.
- 85th percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- #17,263 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
Where The Legal Aid Society Retirement Plan sits by assets
The Legal Aid Society Retirement Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $53M for 67 participants (~$786,539/participant), down 4.9% in 2024.
- $53M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 67
- covered participants
- 85th
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $786,539
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $3M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Where The Legal Aid Society Retirement Plan sits by total assets
The Legal Aid Society Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$52,698,121 Top 15% higher than 85% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- The Legal Aid Society Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $833K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Legal Aid Society Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 78 in the plan year 2023 filing to 67 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Legal Aid Society Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $55M in the plan year 2023 filing to $53M in the plan year 2024 filing.
The Legal Aid Society Retirement Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, The Legal Aid Society Retirement Plan outranks 85% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 0.5x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $55M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $52M |
| Net Income | -$3M |
| Employer EIN | 135562265 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1951-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Legal Aid Society)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 1,864 | $333M |
| 2023 | 3 | 1,761 | $367M |
| 2024 | 3 | 1,784 | $390M |
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