Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Henry Ford Health System Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
15,298
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$83,949
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan · Sponsored by Henry Ford Health System · Michigan · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$1.3B in assets, 15,298 participants

Henry Ford Health System's Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan reported $1.3B in total assets and 15,298 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.

  • #17,525 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)

Coverage in Michigan

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan covers 15,298 participants in Michigan, 24x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.

#17,525
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
+18.6%
assets growth YoY
13×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,284,257,295 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

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 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. Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan is a mega filing (15,298 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan reported net income rose from -$236M in the plan year 2022 filing to $203M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan reported participants fell from 17,067 in the plan year 2022 filing to 15,298 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 381357020 · Henry Ford Health System PY 2023 · Other

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan · $1.3B · 15,298 · 99th

  • BOY $1.3B
  • BOY 15,298
  • BOY 99th
  • BOY Other
  • BOY near University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Physicians Retirement Plan
  • BOY ind #17525

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 Michigan →

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Rwjbarnabas Health 403(b) Savings PlanRwjbarnabas Health 403(b) Sa…$1.3BHenry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) PlanHenry Ford Health System Her…$1.3BUniversity of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Physicians Retirement PlanUniversity of Wisconsin Medi…$1.3BAmerican University Defined Contribution Retirement PlanAmerican University Defined …$1.3BChildrens Healthcare of Atlanta Inc Share PlanChildrens Healthcare of Atla…$1.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Michigan filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income$203M
Employer EIN381357020
Plan Effective Date2014-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Henry Ford Health System)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Henry Ford Health System plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4.2B 35.36363166520547% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.5B$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B 202220232024 $3.1B $4.2B ▲ +35.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 47,583 $3.1B
2023 4 45,968 $3.6B
2024 4 46,359 $4.2B

Nearby Other Plans in Michigan

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

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000400005000060000 0123456 Total assets ($B) Participants Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.284257295 · Participants: 15298Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) PlanFca US LLC Salaried Employees' Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.820440935 · Participants: 16630Fca US LLC Salaried Employees' Savings PlanFca US LLC UAW Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.690971139 · Participants: 49473Fca US LLC UAW Savings PlanBeaumont Health 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.628827189 · Participants: 33717Beaumont Health 403(b) Retirement Savings PlanBronson Healthcare Group, Inc. 403(b) Tax Sheltered Matching Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.034484808 · Participants: 8357Bronson Healthcare Group, Inc. 403(b) Tax Sheltered Matching PlanMidmichigan Health 403b Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.6646262 · Participants: 6800Midmichigan Health 403b Savings Plan
Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan reports $1.3B in end-of-year assets across 15,298 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.016% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $83,949 per participant (61% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $203M.

This plan identity (EIN 381357020, plan #014) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.1B to $1.4B (+30.5%) while covered participants moved from 17,067 to 14,465 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 17,067 $1.1B Open filing
2023 15,298 $1.3B This page
2024 · index core 14,465 $1.4B Open filing

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

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest Other by assets is University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Physicians Retirement Plan in WI ($1.3B); by covered participants it is Columbia University Voluntary Retirement Savings Plan in NY (15,290 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,298 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 Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan assets move in 2023?
Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan grew sharply - up 18.6% during 2023, from $1.1B to $1.3B. Reported net income was $203M.
How have Henry Ford Health System plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Henry Ford Health System's sponsor-wide assets grew 35.4%, from $3.1B to $4.2B.
Where does Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Henry Ford Health System Heritage 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 Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Physicians Retirement Plan in WI ($1.3B, 1,636 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Columbia University Voluntary Retirement Savings Plan in NY (15,290 participants, $3.0B in assets).