Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

American Greetings Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$48M
Total assets Below avg plan size
10
Participants Small participant base
84th
Percentile by assets National rank
$4.8M
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

$48M in assets, 10 participants

American Greetings Corporation's Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported $48M in total assets and 10 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 84th 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.

  • #13,638 in Manufacturing (17,777 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, $48M for 10 participants (~$4.8M/participant), down 29.4% in 2024.

#13,638
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-29.4%
assets change YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $19M 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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$47,816,506 Top 16% higher than 84% 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

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

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan is a micro filing (10 participants), the leftmost band.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported net income fell from -$796K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$19M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan end-of-year assets fell from $68M in the plan year 2023 filing to $48M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported participants fell from 11 in the plan year 2023 filing to 10 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 340065325 · American Greetings Corporation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan · $48M · 10 · 84th

  • PART $48M
  • TYPE 10
  • NET 84th
  • BOOK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near Pension Plan for Employees of Dz Bank Ag, New York Branch
  • BOY ind #13638

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 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$68M
Net Assets (End of Year)$48M
Net Income-$19M
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. -500005000100001500020000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.047816506 · Participants: 10Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income PlanGE Aerospace Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.026079363 · Participants: 9637GE Aerospace Pension PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.474467697 · Participants: 12187Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.085797504 · Participants: 16073American Electric Power System Retirement PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.912834719 · Participants: 10387Ohio Operating Engineers Pension PlanParker Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.496388263 · Participants: 8120Parker Defined Benefit 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 Pension Plan for Employees of Dz Bank Ag, New York Branch in NY ($48M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan for Hourly Paid Employees of Delta Star, Inc. in VA (10 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10 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 Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan declined sharply - down 29.4% during 2024, from $68M to $48M. Reported net income was -$19M.
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 84th 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 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 Pension Plan for Employees of Dz Bank Ag, New York Branch in NY ($48M, 61 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 Pension Plan for Hourly Paid Employees of Delta Star, Inc. in VA (10 participants, N/A 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 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.