Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$67M
Total assets Below avg plan size
354
Participants Below avg headcount
87th
Percentile by assets National rank
$187,888
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

$67M in assets, 354 participants

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.'s Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan reported $67M in total assets and 354 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #2,795 in Educational Services (3,638 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, $67M for 354 participants (~$187,888/participant), up 11.0% in 2024.

#2,795
in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
+11.0%
assets growth YoY
0.7×
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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$66,512,486 Top 13% higher than 87% of 123,620 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 2024

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

Plan-year 2024 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 (354 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan reported net income fell from $10M in the plan year 2023 filing to $7M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $60M in the plan year 2023 filing to $67M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan reported participants rose from 322 in the plan year 2023 filing to 354 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 941196195 · Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. PY 2024 · Other

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan · $67M · 354 · 87th

  • 5500 $67M
  • ASSETS 354
  • PCT 87th
  • EIN Other
  • RANK near Lee University Defined Contribution Retirement Pla
  • PHOTO ind #2795

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

Lee University Defined Contribution Retirement PlaLee University Defined Contr…$67MGuide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) PlanGuide Dogs for the Blind, In…$67MWinsor School 403b Plan$66MColumbia College Retirement Savings PlanColumbia College Retirement …$66MUpstate Caring Partners 403(b) Retirement PlanUpstate Caring Partners 403(…$66M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$60M
Net Assets (End of Year)$67M
Net Income$7M
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): 0.066512486 · Participants: 354Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) PlanStanford Contributory Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.568126014 · Participants: 22753Stanford Contributory Retirement PlanSutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.632419022 · Participants: 54954Sutter Health 403(b) Savings PlanStanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.931286515 · Participants: 24152Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings PlanCaltech Base Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.246676378 · Participants: 10970Caltech Base Retirement PlanUniversity of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.81831751 · Participants: 20886University 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 Lee University Defined Contribution Retirement Pla in TN ($67M); by covered participants it is 403(b) Thrift Plan for Jewish Community of Louisville, Inc. in KY (354 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($67M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (354 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. 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 2024? ▼
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. 403(b) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.0% during 2024, from $60M to $67M. Reported net income was $7M.
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 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (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 Lee University Defined Contribution Retirement Pla in TN ($67M, 707 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 403(b) Thrift Plan for Jewish Community of Louisville, Inc. in KY (354 participants, $4M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

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.