Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
SANFORD Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $179M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 6,516
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 95th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $27,531
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by SANFORD · North Dakota · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$179M in assets, 6,516 participants
SANFORD's Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan reported $179M in total assets and 6,516 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.
- #19,230 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
Coverage in North Dakota
Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan covers 6,516 participants in North Dakota, 13x the typical North Dakota plan (state average ~504 per filing). Assets: $179M.
- #19,230
- in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
- -22.8%
- assets change YoY
- 1.8×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $53M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$179,394,843 Top 5% higher than 95% 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
Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan lands in the large band (6,516 participants).
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 271218956 · SANFORD PY 2022 · Other
Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan · $179M · 6,516 · 95th
- BOY $179M
- BOY 6,516
- BOY 95th
- BOY Other
- BOY near Blanchard Valley Health System 403(b) Plan
- BOY ind #19230
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 North Dakota →
Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
North Dakota filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $232M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $179M |
| Net Income | -$53M |
| Employer EIN | 271218956 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2009-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (SANFORD)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All SANFORD plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.6B 37.08702205547847% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 36,661 | $2.6B |
| 2023 | 2 | 35,983 | $3.1B |
| 2024 | 2 | 35,876 | $3.6B |
Nearby Other Plans in North Dakota
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- The 403(b) Thrift Plan of St. Alexius Medical Center and Garrison Memorial Hospital $160M · 1,562
- University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan $56M · 452
- West River Health Service Foundation and Subsidiaries Tax Deferred Annuity Plan $24M · 301
- University of Jamestown 403(b) DC Plan $21M · 317
- Able, Inc. 403(b) Plan $11M · 242
Scale composition for Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan reports $179M in end-of-year assets across 6,516 participants (0.001% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $27,531 per participant (20% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$53M.
This plan identity (EIN 271218956, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 while covered participants moved from 6,516 to 3,918 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6,516 | $179M | This page |
| 2023 | 5,488 | $2M | Open filing |
| 2024 | 3,918 | N/A | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Sanford Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $3.6B, 31,958 participants)
Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside North Dakota, the nearest Other by assets is Blanchard Valley Health System 403(b) Plan in OH ($179M); by covered participants it is Pinnacle Health System 403b Tax Sheltered Savings Plan in PA (6,520 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($179M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,516 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Pinnacle Health System 403b Tax Sheltered Savings Plan (PA) 6,520 · 4 off
- Guthrie 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan (PA) 6,526 · 10 off
- Southcoast Health System Partnership Plan (MA) 6,539 · 23 off
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Tax Deferred Annuity Plan (MA) 6,492 · 24 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.