Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$34M
Total assets
188
Participants
81th
Percentile by assets
$180,635
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Facing History and Ourselves, Inc. · Massachusetts · Educational Services

What the 2023 filing shows

Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan holds $34M for 188 participants - about $180,635 per participant, in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, up 11.7% over the 2023 plan year.

$34M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
188
covered participants
81th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$180,635
avg assets per participant
Industry
Educational Services

Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan

Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan is a Profit Sharing retirement plan sponsored by Facing History and Ourselves, Inc., headquartered in Massachusetts. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $34M in total end-of-year assets and covers 188 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 042761636, and the plan has been effective since 1984-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $30M at the beginning of 2023 to $34M at year-end - up 11.7%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $34M, with reported net income of $4M 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 1 prior plan-year filing from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 2 plan years Facing History and Ourselves, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2023), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $30M to $34M, a gain of 11.7%, while reported participants moved from 168 to 188 (+11.9%). Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $30M in assets across 1 plan covering 168 participants; 2023 - $34M in assets across 1 plan covering 188 participants.

By assets, Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan outranks 81% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 0.3x 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 Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) 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)$30M
Total Assets (End of Year)$34M
Net Assets (End of Year)$34M
Net Income$4M
Plan TypeProfit Sharing
Employer EIN042761636
Plan Effective Date1984-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Facing History and Ourselves, Inc.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 168 $30M
2023 1 188 $34M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan holds $34M in total assets with 188 participants. It is sponsored by Facing History and Ourselves, Inc..
What type of plan is Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan?
Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan is a Profit Sharing plan. It has been effective since 1984-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 042761636.
Who sponsors the Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan?
Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan is sponsored by Facing History and Ourselves, Inc., located in Massachusetts. The sponsor's EIN is 042761636 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan perform in 2023?
Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.7% during 2023, moving from $30M to $34M in total assets. Net income was $4M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Facing History and Ourselves 403(b) Plan ranks in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Profit Sharing plans in Massachusetts. Compare plans
  • Facing History and Ourselves, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 11.7% since 2022 across 2 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans
  • A Profit Sharing plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

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 042761636.

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 2026-05-15.