Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$2.5B
Total assets
39,740
Participants
100th
Percentile by assets
$62,682
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Trustees of the Univ. of Penn · Pennsylvania · Healthcare & Social Assistance

What the 2022 filing shows

The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan holds $2.5B for 39,740 participants - about $62,682 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, down 11.3% over the 2022 plan year.

$2.5B
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
39,740
covered participants
100th
percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
$62,682
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $348M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Healthcare & Social Assistance

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

What the Filing Says About The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan

The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Trustees of the Univ. of Penn, headquartered in Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $2.5B in total end-of-year assets and covers 39,740 participants across the Healthcare & Social Assistance industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 231352685, and the plan has been effective since 2009-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets pulled back noticeably from $2.8B at the beginning of 2022 to $2.5B at year-end - down 11.3%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $2.5B, with reported net income of -$348M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Trustees of the Univ. of Penn has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $14.9B to $15.9B, a gain of 6.6%, while reported participants moved from 129,893 to 154,119 (+18.7%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $17.0B; the softest was 2022 at $14.9B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $14.9B in assets across 8 plans covering 129,893 participants; 2023 - $17.0B in assets across 8 plans covering 157,259 participants; 2024 - $15.9B in assets across 5 plans covering 154,119 participants.

By assets, The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan outranks nearly all the 139,258 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 25x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2022 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (139,258 plans), rank The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.8B
Total Assets (End of Year)$2.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.5B
Net Income-$348M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN231352685
Plan Effective Date2009-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Trustees of the Univ. of Penn)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 8 129,893 $14.9B
2023 8 157,259 $17.0B
2024 5 154,119 $15.9B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan?
As of the 2022 Form 5500 filing, The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan holds $2.5B in total assets with 39,740 participants. It is sponsored by Trustees of the Univ. of Penn.
What type of plan is The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan?
The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 2009-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 231352685.
Who sponsors the The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan?
The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan is sponsored by Trustees of the Univ. of Penn, located in Pennsylvania. The sponsor's EIN is 231352685 and the plan operates in the Healthcare & Social Assistance industry.
How did The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan perform in 2022?
The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan pulled back noticeably - down 11.3% during 2022, moving from $2.8B to $2.5B in total assets. Net income was -$348M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan's numbers.

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 231352685.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

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

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.