Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Northwestern Medical Center, Inc Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$80M
Total assets
709
Participants
90th
Percentile by assets
$112,818
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan · Sponsored by Northwestern Medical Center, Inc · Vermont · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$80M in assets, 709 participants

Northwestern Medical Center, Inc's Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan reported $80M in total assets and 709 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th 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.

  • 90th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan holds $80M for 709 participants - about $112,818 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, up 44.2% over the 2023 plan year.

$80M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
709
covered participants
90th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$112,818
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Healthcare & Social Assistance

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan

Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Northwestern Medical Center, Inc, headquartered in Vermont. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $80M in total end-of-year assets and covers 709 participants across the Healthcare & Social Assistance industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 030266986, and the plan has been effective since 1995-11-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets surged from $55M at the beginning of 2023 to $80M at year-end - up 44.2%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $80M, with reported net income of $25M 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 Northwestern Medical Center, Inc has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $75M to $93M, a gain of 24.3%, while reported participants moved from 1,371 to 731 (-46.7%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $93M; the softest was 2022 at $75M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $75M in assets across 2 plans covering 1,371 participants; 2023 - $80M in assets across 2 plans covering 1,162 participants; 2024 - $93M in assets across 1 plan covering 731 participants.

By assets, Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan outranks 90% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 0.8x 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 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) 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 (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$55M
Total Assets (End of Year)$80M
Net Assets (End of Year)$80M
Net Income$25M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN030266986
Plan Effective Date1995-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Northwestern Medical Center, Inc)

$70M$80M$90M$100M 202220232024 $75M $93.2M ▲ +24.3%
Total plan assets by year, all Northwestern Medical Center, Inc 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,371 $75M
2023 2 1,162 $80M
2024 1 731 $93M

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Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Vermont, assets vs. participants

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan holds $80M in total assets with 709 participants. It is sponsored by Northwestern Medical Center, Inc.
What type of plan is Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan?
Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1995-11-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 030266986.
Who sponsors the Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan?
Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan is sponsored by Northwestern Medical Center, Inc, located in Vermont. The sponsor's EIN is 030266986 and the plan operates in the Healthcare & Social Assistance industry.
How did Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan perform in 2023?
Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan surged - up 44.2% during 2023, moving from $55M to $80M in total assets. Net income was $25M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Plan's numbers.

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 030266986.

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 2026-07-24.