Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

American Greetings Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$67M
Total assets Below avg plan size
12
Participants Small participant base
90th
Percentile by assets National rank
$5.6M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan · Sponsored by American Greetings Corporation · Ohio · Manufacturing

$67M in assets, 12 participants

American Greetings Corporation's Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported $67M in total assets and 12 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th 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.

  • #17,623 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Where Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan sits by assets

Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $67M for 12 participants (~$5.6M/participant), down 26.0% in 2022.

#17,623
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-26.0%
assets change YoY
0.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $24M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan's outsized position by total assets

Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$67,269,665 Top 10% higher than 90% of 139,123 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 2022

Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan is a small filing (12 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 340065325 · American Greetings Corporation PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan · $67M · 12 · 90th

  • ASSETS $67M
  • ASSETS 12
  • ASSETS 90th
  • ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near Whittaker Corporation Employees' Pension Plan
  • ASSETS ind #17623

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →

Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$91M
Net Assets (End of Year)$67M
Net Income-$24M
Employer EIN340065325
Plan Effective Date1970-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (American Greetings Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All American Greetings Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.1B 12.492084472960508% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.95B$1B$1.05B$1.1B$1.15B 202220232024 $1B $1.12B ▲ +12.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 2,730 $1000M
2023 2 2,594 $1.1B
2024 2 2,544 $1.1B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio

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

Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000500010000150002000025000 -202468 Total assets ($B) Participants Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.067269665 · Participants: 12Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.559275463 · Participants: 12346Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanNationwide Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.017579718 · Participants: 22597Nationwide Retirement PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.498685298 · Participants: 15837American Electric Power System Retirement PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.394372488 · Participants: 9749Ohio Operating Engineers Pension PlanLaborers District Council & Contractors Pension Fund of Ohio, Total assets ($B): 2.645337912 · Participants: 13583Laborers District Council & Contractors Pension Fund of Ohio
Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Whittaker Corporation Employees' Pension Plan in CA ($67M); by covered participants it is Seasonal Packaging, Inc. Pension Plan in NJ (12 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan declined sharply - down 26.0% during 2022, from $91M to $67M. Reported net income was -$24M.
How have American Greetings Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), American Greetings Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 12.5%, from $1000M to $1.1B.
Where does Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan ranks in the 90th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Whittaker Corporation Employees' Pension Plan in CA ($67M, 27 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Seasonal Packaging, Inc. Pension Plan in NJ (12 participants, $1M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 340065325.

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.