Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Sentara Healthcare Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $2.7B
- Total assets
- 26,421
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $103,256
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Sentara 403(b) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Sentara Healthcare · Virginia · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$2.7B in assets, 26,421 participants
Sentara Healthcare's Sentara 403(b) Savings Plan reported $2.7B in total assets and 26,421 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- #20,039 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,087 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
Sentara 403(b) Savings Plan covers 26,421 participants in Virginia, 34x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~781 per filing). Assets: $2.7B.
- $2.7B
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 26,421
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- $103,256
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $504M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Participants vs Virginia filers
In Virginia, the average filing covers about 781 participants across 3,490 plans. Sentara 403(b) Savings Plan reports 26,421 participants - 34x that state average ($2.7B EOY assets).
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.7B |
| Net Income | -$504M |
| Employer EIN | 521271901 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1989-05-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Sentara Healthcare)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 58,592 | $5.2B |
| 2023 | 4 | 57,999 | $6.2B |
| 2024 | 4 | 63,288 | $7.1B |
Nearby Other Plans in Virginia
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Sentara 403(b) Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
- The George Washington University Supplemental Retirement Plan $1.4B · 7,903
- Institute for Defense Analyses Tax Deferred Annuity Plan $719M · 1,346
- Carilion Clinic 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan $597M · 12,418
- Centra Health Matching Tax Deferred Savings Plan $595M · 6,854
- University of Richmond Defined Contribution Retirement Plan $556M · 1,837
Scale composition for Sentara 403(b) Savings Plan
Sentara 403(b) Savings Plan reports $2.7B in end-of-year assets across 26,421 participants (0.023% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.029% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $103,256 per participant (75% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$504M.
This plan identity (EIN 521271901, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.7B to $3.7B (+37.3%) while covered participants moved from 26,421 to 28,192 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26,421 | $2.7B | This page |
| 2023 | 25,806 | $3.3B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 28,192 | $3.7B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Sentara 403(b) Savings Plan (Other, $3.7B, 28,192 participants)
- Sentara Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $3.2B, 17,156 participants)
- Sentara 401(a) Retirement Plan (Profit Sharing, $160M, 17,694 participants)
Similar-Sized Other Plans Nationally
Other plans in other states closest to Sentara 403(b) Savings Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan (NC) $2.7B · 20,031
- The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan (PA) $2.5B · 39,740
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Pension Plan B (MD) $2.5B · 8,736
- Boston University Retirement Plan (MA) $2.5B · 8,045
Frequently Asked Questions
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Sentara 403(b) Savings Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Sentara 403(b) Savings Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in Virginia. Compare plans
- Sentara Healthcare's sponsor-wide assets have grown 37.9% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Healthcare & Social Assistance plans