Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Christiana Care Health Services Inc Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.7B
Total assets Very large vs avg
13,834
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$120,728
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Christiana Care 403(b) Plan · Sponsored by Christiana Care Health Services Inc · Delaware · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$1.7B in assets, 13,834 participants

Christiana Care Health Services Inc's Christiana Care 403(b) Plan reported $1.7B in total assets and 13,834 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.

  • #17,568 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)

Coverage in Delaware

Christiana Care 403(b) Plan covers 13,834 participants in Delaware, 26x the typical Delaware plan (state average ~536 per filing). Assets: $1.7B.

#17,568
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
+13.1%
assets growth YoY
17×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Christiana Care 403(b) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Christiana Care 403(b) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,670,144,508 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

Christiana Care 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. Christiana Care 403(b) Plan is a mega filing (13,834 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Christiana Care 403(b) Plan reported net income rose from -$157M in the plan year 2022 filing to $193M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Christiana Care 403(b) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.7B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Christiana Care 403(b) Plan reported participants rose from 13,222 in the plan year 2022 filing to 13,834 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 510103684 · Christiana Care Health Services Inc PY 2023 · Other

Christiana Care 403(b) Plan · $1.7B · 13,834 · 99th

  • IND $1.7B
  • EOY 13,834
  • 5500 99th
  • ASSETS Other
  • PCT near Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
  • EIN ind #17568

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 Delaware →

Christiana Care 403(b) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Consolidated 403(b) Plan of Hackensack Meridian HealthConsolidated 403(b) Plan of …$1.7BUniversity of Miami Retirement Savings PlanUniversity of Miami Retireme…$1.7BLegacy Health 403(b) Plan$1.7BChristiana Care 403(b) Plan$1.7BDrexel University Defined Contribution Retirement PlanDrexel University Defined Co…$1.7B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Christiana Care 403(b) Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Delaware filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.7B
Net Income$193M
Employer EIN510103684
Plan Effective Date1994-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Christiana Care Health Services Inc)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Christiana Care Health Services Inc plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.8B 21.471232228440943% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.2B$2.4B$2.6B$2.8B$3B 202220232024 $2.28B $2.77B ▲ +21.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 24,537 $2.3B
2023 3 25,645 $2.5B
2024 3 26,695 $2.8B

Nearby Other Plans in Delaware

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

Christiana Care 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Delaware, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -0.500.511.52 Total assets ($B) Participants Christiana Care 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.670144508 · Participants: 13834Christiana Care 403(b) PlanBeebe Medical Center Retirement Plus Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.229977102 · Participants: 3029Beebe Medical Center Retirement Plus PlanWilmington University 403(b) DC Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.10533475 · Participants: 1990Wilmington University 403(b) DC PlanThe Kendal Corporation 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.066496052 · Participants: 2340The Kendal Corporation 403(b) PlanTower Hill School Defined Contribution Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.060965583 · Participants: 183Tower Hill School Defined Contribution Retirement PlanSt. Andrew's School of Delaware 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.054658338 · Participants: 178St. Andrew's School of Delaware 403(b) Plan
Christiana Care 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Delaware, assets vs. participants
Compare Christiana Care 403(b) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Christiana Care 403(b) Plan

Christiana Care 403(b) Plan reports $1.7B in end-of-year assets across 13,834 participants (0.014% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $120,728 per participant (87% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $193M.

This plan identity (EIN 510103684, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.5B to $1.9B (+26.5%) while covered participants moved from 13,222 to 14,166 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 13,222 $1.5B Open filing
2023 13,834 $1.7B This page
2024 · index core 14,166 $1.9B Open filing

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

Christiana Care 403(b) Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside Delaware, the nearest Other by assets is Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan in PA ($1.7B); by covered participants it is Endeavor Health Legacy 403(b) Tax Deferred Annuity Plan for Northshore University Healthsystem Employees in IL (13,705 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.7B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,834 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 Christiana Care 403(b) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Christiana Care 403(b) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.1% during 2023, from $1.5B to $1.7B. Reported net income was $193M.
How have Christiana Care Health Services Inc plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Christiana Care Health Services Inc's sponsor-wide assets grew 21.5%, from $2.3B to $2.8B.
Where does Christiana Care 403(b) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Christiana Care 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 Christiana Care 403(b) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan in PA ($1.7B, 9,774 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Christiana Care 403(b) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Endeavor Health Legacy 403(b) Tax Deferred Annuity Plan for Northshore University Healthsystem Employees in IL (13,705 participants, $2.0B 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 510103684.

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.