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PensionRisk

About PensionRisk

Is your pension healthy?

What we do

PensionRisk grades every covered pension plan on funding, trend, and PBGC risk so workers and retirees can see whether their promise is backed.

We focus on U.S. pension-plan funding health. Every page on pensionrisk.org is built from DOL Form 5500 filings and the Boston College CRR Public Plans Database, cited and linkable so readers can trace any number back to its source.

Who this is for

PensionRisk is built for current and future retirees, HR benefits teams, reporters, and policy researchers.

Why this exists

Public data on U.S. pension-plan funding health is technically free, but practically locked behind file formats, acronyms, and paywalled dashboards. PensionRiskexists to close that gap: take the raw federal and public-sector data, and turn it into pages a normal person can read in thirty seconds.

How we work

  • Primary source only. We pull from DOL Form 5500 filings and the Boston College CRR Public Plans Database and cite the exact dataset and version on every page.
  • No invented numbers. If a figure is not in the underlying public data, it does not appear on pensionrisk.org. We never generate synthetic statistics to fill gaps.
  • Refreshed on a schedule. Data is refetched on a published cadence — you can see the "Last updated" date on every dataset page.
  • Corrections welcome. Readers flag issues all the time. When the source fixes a record, PensionRisk follows.

Independence

PensionRisk is an independent publication. We are not funded, owned, or directed by any of the agencies, companies, or organizations that appear in our data. Hosting is paid for by advertising — see our Privacy Policy for details — and we do not take paid placements, sponsored rankings, or "remove-my-entry" fees.

History

PensionRisk launched in 2025 as part of a small portfolio of independent public-data sites. It has been maintained and updated continuously since.

Contact

Tips, corrections, data-partnership questions, and press inquiries: [email protected]. More options on our contact page.