Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$16M
Total assets
169
Participants
66th
Percentile by assets
$97,541
Avg per participant

Sponsored by D. F. Stauffer Biscuit Company, Inc · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

What the 2024 filing shows

Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan holds $16M for 169 participants - about $97,541 per participant, above the median plan by assets, down 26.0% over the 2024 plan year.

$16M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
169
covered participants
66th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$97,541
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $6M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Manufacturing

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan

Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by D. F. Stauffer Biscuit Company, Inc, headquartered in Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $16M in total end-of-year assets and covers 169 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 231341694, and the plan has been effective since 1968-06-30. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets declined sharply from $22M at the beginning of 2024 to $16M at year-end - down 26.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $16M, with reported net income of -$6M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years D. F. Stauffer Biscuit Company, Inc has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $44M to $49M, a gain of 12.1%, while reported participants moved from 812 to 778 (-4.2%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $51M; the softest was 2022 at $44M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $44M in assets across 2 plans covering 812 participants; 2023 - $51M in assets across 2 plans covering 788 participants; 2024 - $49M in assets across 2 plans covering 778 participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$22M
Total Assets (End of Year)$16M
Net Assets (End of Year)$16M
Net Income-$6M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN231341694
Plan Effective Date1968-06-30
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (D. F. Stauffer Biscuit Company, Inc)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 812 $44M
2023 2 788 $51M
2024 2 778 $49M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan holds $16M in total assets with 169 participants. It is sponsored by D. F. Stauffer Biscuit Company, Inc.
What type of plan is Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan?
Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1968-06-30. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 231341694.
Who sponsors the Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan?
Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan is sponsored by D. F. Stauffer Biscuit Company, Inc, located in Pennsylvania. The sponsor's EIN is 231341694 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan perform in 2024?
Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan declined sharply - down 26.0% during 2024, moving from $22M to $16M in total assets. Net income was -$6M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Stauffer Biscuit Company Pension Plan ranks above the median plan by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in Pennsylvania. Compare plans
  • D. F. Stauffer Biscuit Company, Inc's sponsor-wide assets have grown 12.1% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
  • An Other plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

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 231341694.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.