Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Gridiron Fiber Corp. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$76M
Total assets Below avg plan size
166
Participants Small participant base
88th
Percentile by assets National rank
$457,956
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Gridiron Fiber Corp. · Virginia · Information & Media

$76M in assets, 166 participants

Gridiron Fiber Corp.'s Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan reported $76M in total assets and 166 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 88th 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.

  • #2,358 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Coverage in Virginia

Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan covers 166 participants in Virginia, about 21% of the average Virginia filer (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $76M.

#2,358
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
-1.8%
assets change YoY
0.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $1M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$76,020,634 Top 12% higher than 88% 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

Gridiron Fiber Retirement 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. Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (166 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 175 in the plan year 2023 filing to 166 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $76M in the plan year 2023 filing to $76M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 863776842 · Gridiron Fiber Corp. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan · $76M · 166 · 88th

  • PCT $76M
  • PCT 166
  • PCT 88th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near Nationwide Children's Hospital Pension Plan
  • PCT ind #2358

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 Virginia →

Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Metro Health Pension Plan$76MPrysmian Pension Plan$76MGridiron Fiber Retirement PlanGridiron Fiber Retirement Pl…$76MNationwide Children's Hospital Pension PlanNationwide Children's Hospit…$76MRetirement Plan of First County BankRetirement Plan of First Cou…$76M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Virginia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$77M
Net Assets (End of Year)$76M
Net Income-$1M
Employer EIN863776842
Plan Effective Date2011-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Gridiron Fiber Corp.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gridiron Fiber Corp. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$132M 8.467622328539811% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$120M$125M$130M$135M 202220232024 $122M $132M ▲ +8.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 532 $122M
2023 2 582 $126M
2024 2 644 $132M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia

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

Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.076020634 · Participants: 166Gridiron Fiber Retirement PlanNorthrop Grumman Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.781759216 · Participants: 12678Northrop Grumman Pension PlanRetirement Security Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.481735153 · Participants: 56633Retirement Security PlanSheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.902237059 · Participants: 63530Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension FundNg Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla, Total assets ($B): 8.398702873 · Participants: 6737Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension PlaDominion Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.332769083 · Participants: 11758Dominion Energy Pension Plan
Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Nationwide Children's Hospital Pension Plan in OH ($76M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan for Union Employees of Fox Television Stations, LLC in NY (166 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($76M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (166 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 Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan edged down modestly - down 1.8% during 2024, from $77M to $76M. Reported net income was -$1M.
How have Gridiron Fiber Corp. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gridiron Fiber Corp.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 8.5%, from $122M to $132M.
Where does Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan ranks in the 88th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Nationwide Children's Hospital Pension Plan in OH ($76M, N/A participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Gridiron Fiber Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pension Plan for Union Employees of Fox Television Stations, LLC in NY (166 participants, $42M 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 863776842.

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.