Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Sentara Healthcare Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $2.8B
- Total assets
- 18,499
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $152,015
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Sentara Pension Plan · Sponsored by Sentara Healthcare · Virginia · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$2.8B in assets, 18,499 participants
Sentara Healthcare's Sentara Pension Plan reported $2.8B in total assets and 18,499 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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #17,623 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
Sentara Pension Plan covers 18,499 participants in Virginia, 24x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $2.8B.
- $2.8B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 18,499
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $152,015
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Sentara Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$524M in the plan year 2022 filing to $238M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Sentara Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.3B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Sentara Pension Plan reported participants fell from 20,272 in the plan year 2022 filing to 18,499 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Participants vs Virginia filers
In Virginia, the average filing covers about 782 participants across 3,655 plans. Sentara Pension Plan reports 18,499 participants - 24x that state average ($2.8B EOY assets).
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.5B |
| Net Income | $238M |
| Employer EIN | 521271901 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1963-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Sentara Healthcare)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 58,592 | $5.2B |
| 2023 | 4 | 57,999 | $6.2B |
| 2024 | 4 | 63,288 | $7.1B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Sentara Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan $19.1B · 13,674
- Retirement Security Plan $10.2B · 54,171
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla $8.5B · 7,117
- Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund $8.3B · 61,272
- Dominion Energy Pension Plan $7.6B · 12,263
Scale composition for Sentara Pension Plan
Sentara Pension Plan reports $2.8B in end-of-year assets across 18,499 participants (0.023% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.020% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $152,015 per participant (1.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $238M.
This plan identity (EIN 521271901, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.3B to $3.2B (+37.3%) while covered participants moved from 20,272 to 17,156 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20,272 | $2.3B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 18,499 | $2.8B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 17,156 | $3.2B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Sentara 403(b) Savings Plan (Other, $3.7B, 28,192 participants)
- Sentara Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $3.2B, 17,156 participants)
- Sentara 401(a) Retirement Plan (Profit Sharing, $160M, 17,694 participants)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Sentara Pension Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Bjc Pension Plan (MO) $2.8B · 19,553
- Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan (AZ) $2.8B · 4,790
- Upmc Basic Retirement Plan (PA) $2.8B · 70,746
- New York State Teamsters Conference Pension & Retirement Fund (NY) $2.8B · 10,056
Frequently Asked Questions
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Sentara Pension Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Sentara Pension Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia. Compare plans
- Sentara Healthcare's sponsor-wide assets have grown 37.9% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Healthcare & Social Assistance plans