Graham Holdings 401(k) and pension plans

Graham Holdings Company, Arlington, VA. EIN 53-0182885. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as WP Company LLC; The Washington Post Company.

Graham Holdings Company has 4 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company, with 11,924 participants and $3.0 billion in assets in 2024.

Active plans
4
Participants
22,237
Plan assets
$3.9 billion
401(k) recordkeeper
Vanguard
Plans on file
5
Industry
Education

All 5 plans

Active plans first

The Retirement Plan for Graham Holdings Company

Cash balance pensionActive

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number
009Employer EIN 53-0182885
Participants (2024)
11,924
Net assets (2024)
$3.0 billion
Last listed administrator
Vanguard2016
Plan administrator
Graham Holdings Company
1812 N Moore ST, Suite 2100
Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 345-6424As filed for 2024
In effect since
January 1, 1974

Plans merged into this one: The Washington Post Pension Plan for Craft Union Employees (2009); The Washington Post Pension Plan for Composing Room Employees (2009); The Washington Post, Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild Plan (2009).

Earlier sponsor: The Washington Post Company (2009–2012).

Earlier plan names: The Retirement Plan for Washington Post Companies.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
202411,924$3.0 billionnot listed
202312,318$3.0 billionnot listed
202211,628$2.5 billionnot listed
202111,458$3.4 billionnot listed
202011,873$2.8 billionnot listed
201911,175$2.3 billionnot listed
201815,257$2.1 billionnot listed
201717,221$2.3 billionnot listed
201614,779$2.0 billionVanguard
201517,874$2.2 billionnot listed
201419,060$2.5 billionnot listed
201319,403$2.4 billionnot listed
201222,384$2.1 billionnot listed
201120,615$1.8 billionnot listed
201020,130$1.6 billionnot listed
200919,484$1.4 billionnot listed

The Savings Plan for Graham Holdings Company

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number
020Employer EIN 53-0182885
Participants (2024)
5,068
Net assets (2024)
$537 million
Recordkeeper
Vanguard2017–2024
Plan administrator
GHC Committee C/O George Miller
1812 North Moore Street, Suite 2100
Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 345-6424As filed for 2024
In effect since
September 1, 1981

Plans merged into this one: The Washington Post Tax Deferral and Savings Plan No. 2 (2011); The Washington Post Tax Deferral and Savings Plan No. 3 (2011); Clyde'S of Georgetown LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (2021); Leaf Group Ltd. 401(k) Plan (2023).

Earlier sponsor: WP Company LLC (2009–2012).

Earlier plan names: The Washington Post Tax Deferral and Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20245,068$537 millionVanguard
20234,891$505 millionVanguard
20224,611$408 millionVanguard
20214,574$486 millionVanguard
20204,824$431 millionVanguard
20193,588$364 millionVanguard
20183,855$327 millionVanguard
20174,020$387 millionVanguard
20163,782$349 millionnot listed
20151,346$195 millionnot listed
20141,458$225 millionnot listed
20133,953$233 millionnot listed
20123,578$340 millionnot listed
20113,626$310 millionnot listed
20101,651$178 millionnot listed
20091,568$163 millionnot listed

The Kaplan, Inc. Tax Deferred Savings Plan for Salaried Employees

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number
023Employer EIN 53-0182885
Participants (2024)
3,284
Net assets (2024)
$366 million
Recordkeeper
Vanguard2017–2024
Plan administrator
GHC Committee C/O George Miller
1812 North Moore Street, Suite 2100
Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 345-6424As filed for 2024
In effect since
January 15, 1969

Plans merged into this one: Kaplan Higher Education Corporation 401K Savings Retirement Plan (2011).

Earlier sponsor: The Washington Post Company (2009–2012).

Earlier plan names: The Kaplan, Inc. Tax Deferred Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20243,284$366 millionVanguard
20233,762$310 millionVanguard
20223,933$263 millionVanguard
20213,774$315 millionVanguard
20204,057$279 millionVanguard
20194,242$255 millionVanguard
20185,065$219 millionnot listed
20175,613$249 millionVanguard
20165,938$214 millionnot listed
20157,182$198 millionnot listed
20147,858$210 millionnot listed
20137,917$191 millionnot listed
20128,864$157 millionnot listed
201117,439$158 millionnot listed
201013,236$111 millionnot listed
200913,261$92.4 millionnot listed

The 401(k) Savings Plan for GHC Affiliates

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number
025Employer EIN 53-0182885
Participants (2024)
1,961
Net assets (2024)
$76.6 million
Recordkeeper
Vanguard2017–2024
Plan administrator
GHC Committee C/O George Miller
1812 North Moore Street, Suite 2100
Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 345-6424As filed for 2024
In effect since
January 1, 2012

Earlier sponsor: The Washington Post Company (2012).

Earlier plan names: The Kaplan, Inc. Tax Deferred Savings Plan for Hourly Employees.

Year by year, 2012 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20241,961$76.6 millionVanguard
20236,174$79.3 millionVanguard
20227,223$70.3 millionVanguard
20214,591$74.1 millionVanguard
20205,756$64.4 millionVanguard
20197,190$57.3 millionVanguard
20189,813$47.5 millionVanguard
201710,783$52.1 millionVanguard
201611,275$42.6 millionnot listed
201514,655$38.9 millionnot listed
201416,961$39.5 millionnot listed
201314,787$33.8 millionnot listed
201213,581$27.3 millionnot listed

The Savings Plan for GHC Divisions

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2015 its assets moved to the Cable One 401(k) Plan, sponsored by Cable One, Inc. (EIN 13-3060083, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number
024Employer EIN 53-0182885
Participants (2015)
3,357
Net assets (2015)
$34.7 million
Plan administrator
GHC Committee C/O George Miller
1300 N. 17TH Street, Suite 1700
Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 345-6424As filed for 2015
In effect since
April 16, 1986

Earlier sponsor: The Washington Post Company (2009–2012).

Earlier plan names: The Savings and Retirement Plan for Affiliated Post Companies.

Year by year, 2009 to 2015
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20153,357$34.7 millionnot listed
20143,812$124 millionnot listed
20134,206$117 millionnot listed
20124,331$110 millionnot listed
20114,419$100 millionnot listed
20104,352$99.1 millionnot listed
20094,597$87.9 millionnot listed

If you had money in one of these plans

  1. Call Vanguard (investor.vanguard.com), which runs the The Savings Plan for Graham Holdings Company. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
  2. Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((703) 345-6424). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
  3. If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
  4. Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

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