Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$60M
Total assets Below avg plan size
322
Participants Below avg headcount
87th
Percentile by assets National rank
$186,107
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan · Sponsored by Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. · California · Educational Services

$60M in assets, 322 participants

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.'s Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan reported $60M in total assets and 322 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 87th 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.

  • #2,888 in Educational Services (3,735 peers)

Where Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan sits by assets

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $60M for 322 participants (~$186,107/participant), up 19.1% in 2023.

#2,888
in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
+19.1%
assets growth YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$59,926,516 Top 13% higher than 87% of 127,068 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 2023

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (322 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan reported net income rose from -$13M in the plan year 2022 filing to $10M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $50M in the plan year 2022 filing to $60M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan reported participants rose from 309 in the plan year 2022 filing to 322 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 941196195 · Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. PY 2023 · Other

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan · $60M · 322 · 87th

  • RANK $60M
  • PHOTO 322
  • IND 87th
  • EOY Other
  • 5500 near Employee Benefit Plan for Employees of Employshare, Inc. and Participating Employers
  • ASSETS ind #2888

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 Educational Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$50M
Net Assets (End of Year)$60M
Net Income$10M
Employer EIN941196195
Plan Effective Date1995-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$67M 32.17246226186025% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$45M$50M$55M$60M$65M$70M 202220232024 $50.3M $66.5M ▲ +32.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 309 $50M
2023 1 322 $60M
2024 1 354 $67M

Nearby Other Plans in California

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.059926516 · Participants: 322Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) PlanStanford Contributory Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.039978863 · Participants: 21674Stanford Contributory Retirement PlanSutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.533806707 · Participants: 50273Sutter Health 403(b) Savings PlanStanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.761504142 · Participants: 22681Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings PlanCaltech Base Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.792181822 · Participants: 10682Caltech Base Retirement PlanUniversity of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.277911652 · Participants: 21764University of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Other by assets is Employee Benefit Plan for Employees of Employshare, Inc. and Participating Employers in PA ($60M); by covered participants it is St. James Place of Baton Rouge 403(b) Plan in LA (322 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (322 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan grew sharply - up 19.1% during 2023, from $50M to $60M. Reported net income was $10M.
How have Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 32.2%, from $50M to $67M.
Where does Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan ranks in the 87th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Employee Benefit Plan for Employees of Employshare, Inc. and Participating Employers in PA ($60M, 614 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is St. James Place of Baton Rouge 403(b) Plan in LA (322 participants, $4M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 941196195.

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.