Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

SANFORD Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$179M
Total assets
6,516
Participants
95th
Percentile by assets
$27,531
Avg per participant
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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.

  • 95th percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
  • #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.

$179M
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
6,516
covered participants
95th
percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
$27,531
avg assets per participant

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.

Where Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan sits 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

This plan $0 $2,010,000,000 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 2022

State
North Dakota
Industry
Healthcare & Social Assistance

Participants vs North Dakota filers

In North Dakota, the average filing covers about 504 participants across 359 plans. Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan reports 6,516 participants - 13x that state average ($179M EOY assets).

North Dakota filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$232M
Net Assets (End of Year)$179M
Net Income-$53M
Employer EIN271218956
Plan Effective Date2009-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (SANFORD)

$2.5B$3B$3.5B$4B 202220232024 $2.63B $3.6B ▲ +36.9%
Total plan assets by year, all SANFORD plans on file
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.

Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in North Dakota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200002000400060008000 050100150200 Total assets ($M) Participants Sanford 403(b) Retir…, Total assets ($M): 179.394843 · Participants: 6516Sanford 403(b) Retir…The 403(b) Thrift Pl…, Total assets ($M): 160.344677 · Participants: 1562The 403(b) Thrift Pl…University of Mary E…, Total assets ($M): 56.315217 · Participants: 452University of Mary E…West River Health Se…, Total assets ($M): 24.339631 · Participants: 301West River Health Se…University of Jamest…, Total assets ($M): 21.14868 · Participants: 317University of Jamest…Able, Inc. 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($M): 10.675282 · Participants: 242Able, Inc. 403(b) Plan
Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in North Dakota, assets vs. participants
Compare Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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:

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Other plans in other states closest to Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan by total assets, not by location.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan declined sharply - down 22.8% during 2022, from $232M to $179M. Reported net income was -$53M.
How have SANFORD plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), SANFORD's sponsor-wide assets grew 37.1%, from $2.6B to $3.6B.
Where does Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 95th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Sanford 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Blanchard Valley Health System 403(b) Plan in OH ($179M, 3,083 participants).

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Filing takeaways

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 271218956.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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