Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Henry Ford Health System Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
17,067
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$63,459
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan · Sponsored by Henry Ford Health System · Michigan · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$1.1B in assets, 17,067 participants

Henry Ford Health System's Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan reported $1.1B in total assets and 17,067 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #19,900 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)

Coverage in Michigan

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan covers 17,067 participants in Michigan, 27x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $1.1B.

#19,900
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
-18.1%
assets change YoY
11×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $236M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$1,083,051,235 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 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

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) 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. Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan is a mega filing (17,067 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 381357020 · Henry Ford Health System PY 2022 · Other

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan · $1.1B · 17,067 · 99th

  • EBSA $1.1B
  • EBSA 17,067
  • EBSA 99th
  • EBSA Other
  • EBSA near University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Physicians Retirement Plan
  • EBSA ind #19900

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 Michigan →

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Lahey Clinic 403(b) Retirement Savings PlanLahey Clinic 403(b) Retireme…$1.1BHenry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) PlanHenry Ford Health System Her…$1.1BUniversity of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Physicians Retirement PlanUniversity of Wisconsin Medi…$1.1BNew York University Supplemental Tax Deferred Annuity PlanNew York University Suppleme…$1.1BBaptist Health Thrift Plan$1.1B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Michigan filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.1B
Net Income-$236M
Employer EIN381357020
Plan Effective Date2014-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Henry Ford Health System)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Henry Ford Health System plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4.2B 35.36363166520547% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.5B$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B 202220232024 $3.1B $4.2B ▲ +35.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 47,583 $3.1B
2023 4 45,968 $3.6B
2024 4 46,359 $4.2B

Nearby Other Plans in Michigan

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 100002000030000400005000060000 012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.083051235 · Participants: 17067Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) PlanFca US LLC Salaried Employees' Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.271049081 · Participants: 17796Fca US LLC Salaried Employees' Savings PlanFca US LLC UAW Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.120620788 · Participants: 52211Fca US LLC UAW Savings PlanSpectrum Health System 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.34463562 · Participants: 26631Spectrum Health System 403(b) PlanBeaumont Health 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.23567862 · Participants: 33585Beaumont Health 403(b) Retirement Savings PlanMclaren Employees' 403(b) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.449747534 · Participants: 21255Mclaren Employees' 403(b) Retirement Plan
Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan reports $1.1B in end-of-year assets across 17,067 participants (0.009% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.018% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $63,459 per participant (46% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$236M.

This plan identity (EIN 381357020, plan #014) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.1B to $1.4B (+30.5%) while covered participants moved from 17,067 to 14,465 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 17,067 $1.1B This page
2023 15,298 $1.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 14,465 $1.4B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest Other by assets is University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Physicians Retirement Plan in WI ($1.1B); by covered participants it is St. Luke's Health Network 403(b) Plan in PA (17,079 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (17,067 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan declined sharply - down 18.1% during 2022, from $1.3B to $1.1B. Reported net income was -$236M.
How have Henry Ford Health System plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Henry Ford Health System's sponsor-wide assets grew 35.4%, from $3.1B to $4.2B.
Where does Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Physicians Retirement Plan in WI ($1.1B, 1,679 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is St. Luke's Health Network 403(b) Plan in PA (17,079 participants, $503M in assets).