American Greetings 401(k) and pension plans

American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, OH. EIN 34-0065325. Annual reports 2009–2024.

American Greetings Corporation has 2 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the American Greetings Retirement Savings Plan, with 4,940 participants and $1.1 billion in assets in 2024. Vanguard has been its recordkeeper since 2009.

Active plans: 2
Participants: 5,842
Plan assets: $1.1 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Vanguard
Plans on file: 3
Industry: Information and media

All 3 plans

Active plans first

American Greetings Retirement Savings Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 34-0065325
Participants (2024): 4,940
Net assets (2024): $1.1 billion
Recordkeeper: Vanguard2009–2024
Plan administrator: American Greetings Corporation
One American Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44145
(216) 252-7300As filed for 2024
In effect since: March 1, 1949

Earlier plan names: American Greetings Retirement Profit Sharing and Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	4,940	$1.1 billion	Vanguard
2023	4,858	$1.0 billion	Vanguard
2022	4,992	$933 million	Vanguard
2021	5,307	$1.1 billion	Vanguard
2020	5,480	$1.1 billion	Vanguard
2019	6,040	$1.0 billion	Vanguard
2018	6,501	$924 million	Vanguard
2017	7,226	$1.1 billion	Vanguard
2016	7,452	$948 million	Vanguard
2015	7,207	$887 million	Vanguard
2014	8,259	$909 million	Vanguard
2013	7,681	$864 million	Vanguard
2012	8,298	$750 million	Vanguard
2011	9,484	$700 million	Vanguard
2010	9,489	$719 million	Vanguard
2009	10,380	$656 million	Vanguard

Gibson Greetings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan

Pension (defined benefit), frozenActive

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 015Employer EIN 34-0065325
Participants (2024): 902
Net assets (2024): $47.8 million
Plan administrator: American Greetings Corporation
One American Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44145
(216) 252-7300As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1970

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	902	$47.8 million	not listed
2023	1,698	$66.4 million	not listed
2022	1,755	$67.2 million	not listed
2021	1,810	$90.8 million	not listed
2020	1,875	$92.8 million	not listed
2019	1,926	$87.5 million	not listed
2018	1,984	$77.6 million	not listed
2017	2,049	$84.9 million	not listed
2016	2,101	$82.0 million	not listed
2015	2,137	$83.8 million	not listed
2014	2,178	$85.4 million	not listed
2013	2,230	$81.6 million	not listed
2012	2,284	$78.8 million	not listed
2011	2,315	$79.0 million	not listed
2010	2,359	$83.0 million	not listed
2009	2,396	$82.5 million	not listed

Contempo Colours Inc-Union 401(k) and Pension Plan

401(k)Closed

Closed. The plan filed its final annual report for 2012, which means its assets were paid out or moved and it no longer exists.

Plan number: 014Employer EIN 34-0065325
Participants (2011): 151
Net assets (2011): $377,882
Last listed recordkeeper: PNC Bank2009
Plan administrator: American Greetings Corporation
One American Road
Cleveland, OH 44144
(216) 252-7300As filed for 2012
In effect since: December 10, 1988

Year by year, 2009 to 2012

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2012	0	$0	not listed
2011	151	$377,882	not listed
2010	211	$1.2 million	not listed
2009	248	$2.0 million	PNC Bank

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Vanguard (investor.vanguard.com), which runs the American Greetings Retirement Savings Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((216) 252-7300). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
If your plan closed, unclaimed balances usually went to an IRA in your name, to the PBGC's missing participants program, or to state unclaimed property. Here is how to check each one.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.