Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Law Offices of David B. Gardner Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$256K
Total assets Small plan by assets
3
Participants Small participant base
12th
Percentile by assets National rank
$85,350
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan · Sponsored by Law Offices of David B. Gardner · California · Professional & Technical Services

$256K in assets, 3 participants

Law Offices of David B. Gardner's Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported $256K in total assets and 3 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 12th 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.

  • #1,971 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Law Offices of David B. Gardner multi-year trail

Law Offices of David B. Gardner's plans moved +168.7% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan at $256K / 3 participants.

#1,971
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
-2.0%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $5K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$256,049 12th percentile higher than 12% 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

Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension 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. Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan is a micro filing (3 participants), the leftmost band.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported net income fell from $204K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$5K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $261K in the plan year 2023 filing to $256K in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 953913766 · Law Offices of David B. Gardner PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan · $256K · 3 · 12th

  • EOY $256K
  • 5500 3
  • ASSETS 12th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Bankers Pension Plan and Trust, 1975
  • RANK ind #1971

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Law Offices of David B. Gardner multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Law Offices of David B. Gardner plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$976K 168.67920478187642% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$0.5M$1M$1.5M 202220232024 $0.36M $0.98M ▲ +172.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 5 $363K
2023 2 6 $1M
2024 2 6 $976K

Law Offices of David B. Gardner filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$261K
Net Assets (End of Year)$256K
Net Income-$5K
Employer EIN953913766
Plan Effective Date2019-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California

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

Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.000256049 · Participants: 3Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension PlanKaiser Permanente Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 34.452234723 · Participants: 135057Kaiser Permanente Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.60716624 · Participants: 27500Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 11.441381434 · Participants: 18983Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc.Western States Carpenters Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.342334451 · Participants: 48582Western States Carpenters Pension PlanIlwu-Pma Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.798538721 · Participants: 15833Ilwu-Pma Pension Plan
Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants

Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Bankers Pension Plan and Trust, 1975 in NE ($257K); by covered participants it is Merkley, Newman & Mclaws, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in AZ (3 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($256K here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3 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 Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan assets move in 2024?
Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan edged down modestly - down 2.0% during 2024, from $261K to $256K. Reported net income was -$5K.
How have Law Offices of David B. Gardner plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Law Offices of David B. Gardner's sponsor-wide assets grew 168.7%, from $363K to $976K.
Where does Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan ranks in the 12th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Bankers Pension Plan and Trust, 1975 in NE ($257K, 120 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Law Offices of David B. Gardner Defined Benefit Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Merkley, Newman & Mclaws, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in AZ (3 participants, $2M in assets).