Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans

What Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans does

Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans (MPIPHP) is a non-profit, multi-employer benefit organization founded in 1952 and headquartered in Studio City, California. It administers healthcare coverage and defined-benefit pension plans for workers in the motion picture industry, including actors, directors, crew members, and other entertainment professionals. The organization is primarily supported by employer contributions as provided by collective bargaining agreements between labor and signatory production companies, which makes MPIPHP structurally embedded in the industry's labor infrastructure rather than a discretionary commercial vendor.

The plan's product surface is narrow by design: it provides two core benefits — health insurance and retirement pensions — to a vertical-specific population of industry workers. No product modules, technology platforms, APIs, or digital service layers are disclosed in the available source data, consistent with a back-office administrative function rather than a technology-enabled offering. The organization employs between 251 and 500 staff, reflecting the scale required to administer benefits administration, eligibility tracking, claims processing, and pension actuarial functions across a geographically distributed but industry-concentrated participant base.

Commercially, MPIPHP operates as a non-profit entity (not publicly traded) funded via employer contributions under collective bargaining. There are no disclosed pricing models, public revenue figures, funding rounds, or M&A activity; the operating model is closer to a Taft-Hartley multi-employer plan than to a commercial enterprise. Leadership is headed by Chief Executive Officer David Asplund. The organization's strategic positioning is that of a structural incumbent: its role is defined by labor agreements rather than competitive market dynamics, which simultaneously limits growth optionality and insulates it from direct competitive displacement.

Name

Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans

Legal name

Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans

Website

https://mpiphp.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans (MPIPHP) is a non-profit multi-employer benefit organization, founded in 1952 in Studio City, California, that administers healthcare and pension benefits to motion picture industry workers under collective bargaining agreements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Studio City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Core offering

Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans (MPIPHP) administers pension and health benefit plans for workers in the motion picture and television industry. The plans are primarily funded by employer contributions made under collective bargaining agreements and provide healthcare coverage and retirement pension benefits to industry workers including actors, directors, crew members, and other entertainment professionals.

Product overview

Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans is a health benefits organization serving the motion picture industry. Based on the limited source data, no specific products, services, or modules are detailed.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pension Plans
• Health Insurance Coverage
• Employee Benefits Administration

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• SAG-AFTRA Health Plan and Retirement Plan: SAG-AFTRA operates its own SAG-AFTRA Health Plan and SAG-AFTRA Retirement Plan for performers. It is the most directly comparable peer, administering health and pension benefits to motion picture and television performers under the same multi-employer Taft-Hartley framework.
• Directors Guild of America – Producer Pension and Health Plans: The DGA–Producer Pension and Health Plans provide pension and health benefits to directors, unit production managers, and assistants working under DGA collective bargaining agreements. Same industry, same multi-employer structure, same population segment.
• Writers Guild of America – Pension and Health Plans: The WGA administers the Writers Guild-Industry Health Plan and Writers Guild Pension Plan for screenwriters covered under WGA collective bargaining agreements. Direct peer for content-creation-side unionized workers in the same industry.
• IATSE National Benefit Funds: IATSE's National Benefit Funds provide health and pension coverage for International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees members — grips, editors, set builders, and other crew. Closest peer in terms of the size and type of motion picture craft workforce covered.
• American Federation of Musicians & Employers' Pension Fund: AFM administers the AFM-EPF, a multi-employer defined benefit pension fund for musicians performing under AFM collective bargaining agreements, including recording and motion picture work. Comparable fund structure and entertainment-vertical exposure.

Broad incumbents

• Teamsters Central States Pension Fund: One of the largest multi-employer defined benefit pension funds in the U.S., covering Teamsters across transportation and related industries. A benchmark for multi-employer pension plan governance, funding mechanics, and regulatory exposure relevant to MPIPHP's pension side.
• National Electrical Benefit Fund (NEBF): Multi-employer defined benefit pension plan for IBEW-covered electrical workers under collective bargaining. Comparable in operating model to MPIPHP's pension administration, useful for benchmarking plan design and funding patterns outside entertainment.
• UNITE HERE National Retirement Fund: Multi-employer pension fund covering hotel, gaming, and food service workers under UNITE HERE agreements. A comparable multi-employer Taft-Hartley structure with shared regulatory and funding dynamics relevant to MPIPHP.

Emerging players

• Building Trades Federal Credit Union Benefit Programs: Building trades benefit programs administer health and welfare funds for unionized construction workers. Adjacent multi-employer benefit administration capability with shared regulatory framework (ERISA, Taft-Hartley), though outside entertainment.

Regional players

• Hollywood Teamsters Local 399: Teamsters Local 399 represents transportation drivers, location managers, casting directors, and animal handlers in the entertainment industry. While not itself a benefit fund, it is a key referral point and contracting party for MPIPHP-covered classifications in Hollywood.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

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Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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