Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
12,015
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$88,771
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan · Sponsored by Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health · Maine · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$1.1B in assets, 12,015 participants

Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health's Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan reported $1.1B in total assets and 12,015 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #17,491 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)

Coverage in Maine

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan covers 12,015 participants in Maine, 25x the typical Maine plan (state average ~472 per filing). Assets: $1.1B.

#17,491
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
+13.8%
assets growth YoY
11×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$1,066,585,695 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 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 2023

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan is a mega filing (12,015 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan reported net income rose from -$173M in the plan year 2022 filing to $129M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $938M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan reported participants rose from 11,671 in the plan year 2022 filing to 12,015 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 010527066 · Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health PY 2023 · Other

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan · $1.1B · 12,015 · 99th

  • NET $1.1B
  • BOOK 12,015
  • VS-ST 99th
  • BOY Other
  • SCH near Villanova University Retirement Savings Plan
  • EBSA ind #17491

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 Maine →

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) PlanNorthern Light Health Retire…$1.1BVillanova University Retirement Savings PlanVillanova University Retirem…$1.1BSouthcoast Health System Partnership PlanSouthcoast Health System Par…$1.0BSouthern Methodist University Retirement PlanSouthern Methodist Universit…$1.0BLong Island University Retirement PlanLong Island University Retir…$1.0B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Maine filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$938M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.1B
Net Income$129M
Employer EIN010527066
Plan Effective Date1994-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.5B 23.074244266552597% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.1B$1.2B$1.3B$1.4B$1.5B$1.6B 202220232024 $1.2B $1.48B ▲ +23.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 17,741 $1.2B
2023 2 17,994 $1.3B
2024 2 15,550 $1.5B

Nearby Other Plans in Maine

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

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Maine, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000500010000150002000025000 00.511.522.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.066585695 · Participants: 12015Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) PlanMainehealth 403(b) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.133663491 · Participants: 22008Mainehealth 403(b) Retirement PlanJax 403(b) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.525518776 · Participants: 2592Jax 403(b) Retirement PlanMainegeneral Health 403(b) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.371658055 · Participants: 4570Mainegeneral Health 403(b) Retirement PlanColby College Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.277945567 · Participants: 916Colby College Retirement PlanUniversity of New England Defined Contribution Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.226866202 · Participants: 1077University of New England Defined Contribution Plan
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Maine, assets vs. participants
Compare Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan reports $1.1B in end-of-year assets across 12,015 participants (0.009% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $88,771 per participant (64% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $129M.

This plan identity (EIN 010527066, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $938M to $1.2B (+25.7%) while covered participants moved from 11,671 to 10,712 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 11,671 $938M Open filing
2023 12,015 $1.1B This page
2024 · index core 10,712 $1.2B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside Maine, the nearest Other by assets is Villanova University Retirement Savings Plan in PA ($1.1B); by covered participants it is The Mitre Corporation Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan in MA (11,980 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.1B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,015 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.8% during 2023, from $938M to $1.1B. Reported net income was $129M.
How have Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health's sponsor-wide assets grew 23.1%, from $1.2B to $1.5B.
Where does Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Villanova University Retirement Savings Plan in PA ($1.1B, 2,990 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Mitre Corporation Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan in MA (11,980 participants, $4.7B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 010527066.

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.