Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Sentara Healthcare Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 18,499
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $152,015
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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.
- #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.
- #17,623
- in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
- +20.0%
- assets growth YoY
- 28×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Sentara Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Sentara Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$2,812,132,106 Highest reported value at or above every one of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Sentara Pension 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. Sentara Pension Plan is a mega filing (18,499 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
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.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 521271901 · Sentara Healthcare PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Sentara Pension Plan · $2.8B · 18,499 · 100th
- VS-ST $2.8B
- BOY 18,499
- SCH 100th
- EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PART near Bjc Pension Plan
- TYPE ind #17623
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 Virginia →
Sentara Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
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)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Sentara Healthcare plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $7.1B 37.92836143070335% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| 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.
- 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)
Sentara Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Bjc Pension Plan in MO ($2.8B); by covered participants it is Ecolab Pension Plan in MN (18,541 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.8B here).
- 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
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,499 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Ecolab Pension Plan (MN) 18,541 · 42 off
- Liuna National (Industrial) Pension Fund (DC) 18,687 · 188 off
- Macys Inc Cash Account Pension Plan (OH) 18,751 · 252 off
- American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary (NY) 18,826 · 327 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.