Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Sentara Healthcare Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
20,272
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$115,616
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sentara Pension Plan · Sponsored by Sentara Healthcare · Virginia · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$2.3B in assets, 20,272 participants

Sentara Healthcare's Sentara Pension Plan reported $2.3B in total assets and 20,272 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.

  • #19,998 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)

Coverage in Virginia

Sentara Pension Plan covers 20,272 participants in Virginia, 26x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $2.3B.

#19,998
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
-15.8%
assets change YoY
24×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $524M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Sentara Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sentara Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,343,764,504 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Sentara Pension 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. Sentara Pension Plan is a mega filing (20,272 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 521271901 · Sentara Healthcare PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Sentara Pension Plan · $2.3B · 20,272 · 100th

  • VS-ST $2.3B
  • BOY 20,272
  • SCH 100th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Burlington Northern Santa Fe Retirement Plan
  • TYPE ind #19998

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 Virginia →

Sentara Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Retirement PlanBurlington Northern Santa Fe…$2.3BLockheed Martin Aerospace Hourly Pension PlanLockheed Martin Aerospace Ho…$2.3BSentara Pension Plan$2.3BThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 1950 Pension PlanThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber C…$2.3BBayer Corporation Pension PlanBayer Corporation Pension Pl…$2.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Sentara Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Virginia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.2B
Net Income-$524M
Employer EIN521271901
Plan Effective Date1963-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sentara Healthcare)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sentara Healthcare plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7.1B 37.92836143070335% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4B$5B$6B$7B$8B 202220232024 $5.17B $7.14B ▲ +38.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 58,592 $5.2B
2023 4 57,999 $6.2B
2024 4 63,288 $7.1B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Sentara Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Sentara Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.343764504 · Participants: 20272Sentara Pension PlanNorthrop Grumman Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.331391337 · Participants: 14867Northrop Grumman Pension PlanRetirement Security Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.385168374 · Participants: 54531Retirement Security PlanNg Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla, Total assets ($B): 8.061267673 · Participants: 7799Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension PlaDominion Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.265847838 · Participants: 12832Dominion Energy Pension PlanSheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.155241333 · Participants: 61068Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund
Sentara Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare Sentara Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Sentara Pension Plan

Sentara Pension Plan reports $2.3B in end-of-year assets across 20,272 participants (0.019% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.022% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $115,616 per participant (84% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$524M.

This plan identity (EIN 521271901, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.3B to $3.2B (+37.3%) while covered participants moved from 20,272 to 17,156 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 20,272 $2.3B This page
2023 18,499 $2.8B Open filing
2024 · index core 17,156 $3.2B Open filing

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

Sentara Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Burlington Northern Santa Fe Retirement Plan in TX ($2.3B); by covered participants it is United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund in IL (20,170 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (20,272 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 Sentara Pension Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Sentara Pension Plan declined sharply - down 15.8% during 2022, from $2.8B to $2.3B. Reported net income was -$524M.
How have Sentara Healthcare plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sentara Healthcare's sponsor-wide assets grew 37.9%, from $5.2B to $7.1B.
Where does Sentara Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sentara Pension Plan ranks in the 100th 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Sentara Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Burlington Northern Santa Fe Retirement Plan in TX ($2.3B, 5,557 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sentara Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund in IL (20,170 participants, $8.0B in assets).

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 521271901.

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.