Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Blue Diamond Growers Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$102M
Total assets Near avg plan size
135
Participants Small participant base
91st
Percentile by assets National rank
$755,163
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan · Sponsored by Blue Diamond Growers · California · Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

$102M in assets, 135 participants

Blue Diamond Growers's Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan reported $102M in total assets and 135 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st 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.

  • #1,242 in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,288 peers)

Coverage in California

Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan covers 135 participants in California, about 21% of the average California filer (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $102M.

#1,242
in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,288 peers)
+4.8%
assets growth YoY
1.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$101,947,023 Top 9% higher than 91% 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

Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension 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. Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (135 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$7M in the plan year 2022 filing to $5M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan reported participants fell from 151 in the plan year 2022 filing to 135 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $97M in the plan year 2022 filing to $102M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 940355780 · Blue Diamond Growers PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan · $102M · 135 · 91st

  • EBSA $102M
  • PART 135
  • TYPE 91st
  • NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOOK near Domtar US Salaried Pension Plan
  • VS-ST ind #1242

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 Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$97M
Net Assets (End of Year)$102M
Net Income$5M
Employer EIN940355780
Plan Effective Date1945-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Blue Diamond Growers)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Blue Diamond Growers plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$265M 19.772217399185934% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$200M$220M$240M$260M$280M 202220232024 $221M $265M ▲ +19.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,833 $221M
2023 2 1,773 $248M
2024 2 1,746 $265M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California

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

Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.101947023 · Participants: 135Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension PlanKaiser Permanente Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 33.538817099 · Participants: 127356Kaiser Permanente Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.40954351 · Participants: 22914Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.980531142 · Participants: 25647Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 10.814691143 · Participants: 19545Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc.Disney Salaried Pension Plan D, Total assets ($B): 10.057095066 · Participants: 10813Disney Salaried Pension Plan D
Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Domtar US Salaried Pension Plan in ($102M); by covered participants it is Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. Retirement Plan in MO (135 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (135 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 Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan edged up modestly - up 4.8% during 2023, from $97M to $102M. Reported net income was $5M.
How have Blue Diamond Growers plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Blue Diamond Growers's sponsor-wide assets grew 19.8%, from $221M to $265M.
Where does Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan ranks in the 91st percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Domtar US Salaried Pension Plan in ($102M, 446 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Blue Diamond Growers Employees Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. Retirement Plan in MO (135 participants, $36M 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 940355780.

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.