Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$389M
Total assets
5,520
Participants
97th
Percentile by assets
$70,478
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan · Sponsored by Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. · North Carolina · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$389M in assets, 5,520 participants

Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc.'s Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan reported $389M in total assets and 5,520 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • 97th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan holds $389M for 5,520 participants - about $70,478 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 18.8% over the 2023 plan year.

$389M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
5,520
covered participants
97th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$70,478
avg assets per participant
Industry
Healthcare & Social Assistance

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan

Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc., headquartered in North Carolina. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $389M in total end-of-year assets and covers 5,520 participants across the Healthcare & Social Assistance industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 561936354, and the plan has been effective since 1992-10-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew sharply from $328M at the beginning of 2023 to $389M at year-end - up 18.8%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $389M, with reported net income of $61M 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 Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $424M to $572M, a gain of 34.9%, while reported participants moved from 10,478 to 11,866 (+13.2%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $572M; the softest was 2022 at $424M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $424M in assets across 3 plans covering 10,478 participants; 2023 - $497M in assets across 3 plans covering 11,077 participants; 2024 - $572M in assets across 2 plans covering 11,866 participants.

By assets, Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan outranks 97% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 3.9x 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 Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings 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)$328M
Total Assets (End of Year)$389M
Net Assets (End of Year)$389M
Net Income$61M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN561936354
Plan Effective Date1992-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc.)

$400M$450M$500M$550M$600M 202220232024 $424M $572M ▲ +34.9%
Total plan assets by year, all Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 10,478 $424M
2023 3 11,077 $497M
2024 2 11,866 $572M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan holds $389M in total assets with 5,520 participants. It is sponsored by Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc..
What type of plan is Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan?
Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1992-10-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 561936354.
Who sponsors the Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan?
Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan is sponsored by Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc., located in North Carolina. The sponsor's EIN is 561936354 and the plan operates in the Healthcare & Social Assistance industry.
How did Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan perform in 2023?
Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan grew sharply - up 18.8% during 2023, moving from $328M to $389M in total assets. Net income was $61M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in North Carolina. Compare plans
  • Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 34.9% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Healthcare & Social Assistance plans
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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 561936354.

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.