Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Stanford Health Care Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $4.5B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 20,237
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $224,131
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Stanford Health Care · California · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$4.5B in assets, 20,237 participants
Stanford Health Care's Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan reported $4.5B in total assets and 20,237 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #20,033 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
Coverage in California
Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan covers 20,237 participants in California, 32x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $4.5B.
- #20,033
- in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
- -10.9%
- assets change YoY
- 46×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $558M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$4,535,728,964 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (20,237 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 946174066 · Stanford Health Care PY 2022 · Other
Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan · $4.5B · 20,237 · 100th
- RANK $4.5B
- PHOTO 20,237
- IND 100th
- EOY Other
- 5500 near Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan
- ASSETS ind #20033
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 Healthcare & Social Assistance retirement plans → · Plans in California →
Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $5.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.5B |
| Net Income | -$558M |
| Employer EIN | 946174066 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1981-03-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Stanford Health Care)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Stanford Health Care plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $7.0B 47.492054900045005% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 20,875 | $4.7B |
| 2023 | 3 | 23,244 | $5.9B |
| 2024 | 3 | 24,406 | $7.0B |
Nearby Other Plans in California
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan $9.4B · 22,514
- Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan $5.3B · 48,591
- Caltech Base Retirement Plan $4.2B · 9,827
- University of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan $3.7B · 22,632
- Cedars-Sinai Health System 403b Retirement Plan $1.9B · 10,975
Scale composition for Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan
Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan reports $4.5B in end-of-year assets across 20,237 participants (0.037% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.022% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $224,131 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$558M.
This plan identity (EIN 946174066, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $4.5B to $6.9B (+52.8%) while covered participants moved from 20,237 to 24,152 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20,237 | $4.5B | This page |
| 2023 | 22,681 | $5.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 24,152 | $6.9B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan (Other, $6.9B, 24,152 participants)
Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Other by assets is Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan in NY ($4.6B); by covered participants it is Carpenters & Joiners Defined Contribution Plan in MN (20,332 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.5B here).
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan (NY) $4.6B · 21,395
- Retirement Plan for Officers of Columbia University (NY) $4.4B · 14,287
- Fca US LLC Salaried Employees' Savings Plan (MI) $4.3B · 17,796
- New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration (NY) $4.2B · 8,299
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (20,237 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Carpenters & Joiners Defined Contribution Plan (MN) 20,332 · 95 off
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan (NC) 20,031 · 206 off
- Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Annuity and Savings Fund (PA) 19,960 · 277 off
- Mclaren Employees' 403(b) Retirement Plan (MI) 21,255 · 1,018 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.