Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Stanford Health Care Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$5.8B
Total assets Very large vs avg
22,681
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$254,023
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Stanford Health Care · California · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$5.8B in assets, 22,681 participants

Stanford Health Care's Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan reported $5.8B in total assets and 22,681 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #17,659 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)

Coverage in California

Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan covers 22,681 participants in California, 36x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $5.8B.

#17,659
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
+27.0%
assets growth YoY
58×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$5,761,504,142 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings 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. Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (22,681 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$558M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.2B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $5.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 20,237 in the plan year 2022 filing to 22,681 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 946174066 · Stanford Health Care PY 2023 · Other

Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan · $5.8B · 22,681 · 100th

  • PCT $5.8B
  • EIN 22,681
  • RANK 100th
  • PHOTO Other
  • IND near Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan
  • EOY ind #17659

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 California →

Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

The University of Pennsylvania Matching PlanThe University of Pennsylvan…$6.3BStanford Health Care Retirement Savings PlanStanford Health Care Retirem…$5.8BMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings PlanMemorial Sloan Kettering Can…$5.6BRetirement Plan for Officers of Columbia UniversityRetirement Plan for Officers…$5.0BNew York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and AdministrationNew York University Retireme…$4.9B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$5.8B
Net Income$1.2B
Employer EIN946174066
Plan Effective Date1981-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Stanford Health Care)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Stanford Health Care plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7.0B 47.492054900045005% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4B$5B$6B$7B$8B 202220232024 $4.74B $6.99B ▲ +47.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 20,875 $4.7B
2023 3 23,244 $5.9B
2024 3 24,406 $7.0B

Nearby Other Plans in California

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

Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000400005000060000 024681012 Total assets ($B) Participants Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.761504142 · Participants: 22681Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings PlanStanford Contributory Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.039978863 · Participants: 21674Stanford Contributory Retirement PlanSutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.533806707 · Participants: 50273Sutter Health 403(b) Savings PlanCaltech Base Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.792181822 · Participants: 10682Caltech Base Retirement PlanUniversity of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.277911652 · Participants: 21764University of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity PlanCedars-Sinai Health System 403b Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.246753782 · Participants: 10989Cedars-Sinai Health System 403b Retirement Plan
Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan

Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan reports $5.8B in end-of-year assets across 22,681 participants (0.047% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.024% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $254,023 per participant (1.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $1.2B.

This plan identity (EIN 946174066, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $4.5B to $6.9B (+52.8%) while covered participants moved from 20,237 to 24,152 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 20,237 $4.5B Open filing
2023 22,681 $5.8B This page
2024 · index core 24,152 $6.9B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Other by assets is Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan in NY ($5.6B); by covered participants it is Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan in CT (22,121 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (22,681 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 Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2023?
Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan grew sharply - up 27.0% during 2023, from $4.5B to $5.8B. Reported net income was $1.2B.
How have Stanford Health Care plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Stanford Health Care's sponsor-wide assets grew 47.5%, from $4.7B to $7.0B.
Where does Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 100th 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 Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan in NY ($5.6B, 22,855 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan in CT (22,121 participants, $2.0B in assets).