Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

American Greetings Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$68M
Total assets Below avg plan size
11
Participants Small participant base
88th
Percentile by assets National rank
$6.2M
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

$68M in assets, 11 participants

American Greetings Corporation's Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported $68M in total assets and 11 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 88th 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.

  • #15,505 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

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

Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $68M for 11 participants (~$6.2M/participant), up 0.7% in 2023.

#15,505
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+0.7%
assets growth YoY
0.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $796K 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 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$67,749,836 Top 12% higher than 88% 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

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

Plan-year 2023 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 (11 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported net income rose from -$24M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$796K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported participants fell from 12 in the plan year 2022 filing to 11 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan end-of-year assets rose from $67M in the plan year 2022 filing to $68M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 340065325 · American Greetings Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan · $68M · 11 · 88th

  • IND $68M
  • EOY 11
  • 5500 88th
  • ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near Wcirb of California Retirement Plan
  • EIN ind #15505

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 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$67M
Net Assets (End of Year)$66M
Net Income-$796K
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): 0.067749836 · Participants: 11Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.144086795 · Participants: 12304Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanNationwide Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.281060445 · Participants: 22311Nationwide Retirement PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.475896468 · Participants: 15595American Electric Power System Retirement PlanParker Defined Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.656915014 · Participants: 191Parker Defined Benefit PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.592540979 · Participants: 10029Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan
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 Wcirb of California Retirement Plan in CA ($68M); by covered participants it is Boca General and Family Medicine Defined Benefit Plan in FL (11 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11 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 Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan held essentially flat - up 0.7% during 2023, from $67M to $68M. Reported net income was -$796K.
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 88th 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 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 Wcirb of California Retirement Plan in CA ($68M, 137 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 Boca General and Family Medicine Defined Benefit Plan in FL (11 participants, $3M 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 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.