Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Sanford Health Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $283M
- Total assets
- 224
- Participants
- 97th
- Percentile by assets
- $1.3M
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Sanford Health Employees' Pension Plan · Sponsored by Sanford Health · South Dakota · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$283M in assets, 224 participants
Sanford Health's Sanford Health Employees' Pension Plan reported $283M in total assets and 224 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- 97th percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- #19,459 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
Where Sanford Health Employees' Pension Plan sits by assets
Sanford Health Employees' Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $283M for 224 participants (~$1.3M/participant), up 28.2% in 2022.
- $283M
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 224
- covered participants
- 97th
- percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- $1.3M
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $43M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Sanford Health Employees' Pension Plan vs the 2022 asset distribution
By assets, Sanford Health Employees' Pension Plan outranks 97% of the 139,126 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 2.8x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2022)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $221M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $283M |
| Net Income | -$43M |
| Employer EIN | 311527032 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1969-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Sanford Health)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 224 | $283M |
| 2023 | 1 | 376 | $236M |
| 2024 | 1 | 98 | N/A |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in South Dakota
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Sanford Health Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in South Dakota, assets vs. participants
- Black Hills Retirement Plan $323M · 857
- Bakers Local No 433 Pension Plan $140M · N/A
- Monument Health, Inc. Pension Plan $99M · 3,417
- Retirement Plan for Union and Non-Union Employees of Schlegel Systems, Inc. $25M · N/A
- Gcc Dacotah, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan $22M · 41
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Sanford Health Employees' Pension Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan (VA) $283M · 103
- The Christ Hospital Pension Plan (OH) $283M · 1,645
- International Assoc of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 17 Pension Fund (IL) $284M · 737
- Mondelez Global LLC Hourly Retirement Plan (IL) $284M · 954
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