Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.2B
Total assets Very large vs avg
10,712
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$109,999
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan · Sponsored by Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health · Maine · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$1.2B in assets, 10,712 participants

Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health's Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan reported $1.2B in total assets and 10,712 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #16,716 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)

Coverage in Maine

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan covers 10,712 participants in Maine, 23x the typical Maine plan (state average ~472 per filing). Assets: $1.2B.

#16,716
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
+10.5%
assets growth YoY
12×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$1,178,309,065 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 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 2024

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan is a mega filing (10,712 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan reported net income fell from $129M in the plan year 2023 filing to $112M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan reported participants fell from 12,015 in the plan year 2023 filing to 10,712 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.1B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.2B in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 010527066 · Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health PY 2024 · Other

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan · $1.2B · 10,712 · 99th

  • VS-ST $1.2B
  • VS-ST 10,712
  • VS-ST 99th
  • VS-ST Other
  • VS-ST near Bronson Healthcare Group, Inc. 403(b) Tax Sheltered Matching Plan
  • VS-ST ind #16716

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 Maine →

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) PlanNorthern Light Health Retire…$1.2BBronson Healthcare Group, Inc. 403(b) Tax Sheltered Matching PlanBronson Healthcare Group, In…$1.2BVillanova University Retirement Savings PlanVillanova University Retirem…$1.2BMulticare Health System 403(b) Employee Savings PlanMulticare Health System 403(…$1.2BHonor Health 403(b) Retirement Security PlanHonor Health 403(b) Retireme…$1.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Maine filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.2B
Net Income$112M
Employer EIN010527066
Plan Effective Date1994-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.5B 23.074244266552597% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.1B$1.2B$1.3B$1.4B$1.5B$1.6B 202220232024 $1.2B $1.48B ▲ +23.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 17,741 $1.2B
2023 2 17,994 $1.3B
2024 2 15,550 $1.5B

Nearby Other Plans in Maine

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

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Maine, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000500010000150002000025000 00.511.522.53 Total assets ($B) Participants Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.178309065 · Participants: 10712Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) PlanMainehealth 403(b) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.460227578 · Participants: 22911Mainehealth 403(b) Retirement PlanJax 403(b) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.602801239 · Participants: 2735Jax 403(b) Retirement PlanMainegeneral Health 403(b) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.414388161 · Participants: 4718Mainegeneral Health 403(b) Retirement PlanColby College Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.297027676 · Participants: 978Colby College Retirement PlanUniversity of New England Defined Contribution Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.248826793 · Participants: 1126University of New England Defined Contribution Plan
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Maine, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan reports $1.2B in end-of-year assets across 10,712 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $109,999 per participant (80% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $112M.

This plan identity (EIN 010527066, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $938M to $1.2B (+25.7%) while covered participants moved from 11,671 to 10,712 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 11,671 $938M Open filing
2023 12,015 $1.1B Open filing
2024 · index core 10,712 $1.2B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside Maine, the nearest Other by assets is Bronson Healthcare Group, Inc. 403(b) Tax Sheltered Matching Plan in MI ($1.2B); by covered participants it is Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. 403(b) Plan in WI (10,695 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan assets move in 2024?
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.5% during 2024, from $1.1B to $1.2B. Reported net income was $112M.
How have Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health's sponsor-wide assets grew 23.1%, from $1.2B to $1.5B.
Where does Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Bronson Healthcare Group, Inc. 403(b) Tax Sheltered Matching Plan in MI ($1.2B, 8,795 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. 403(b) Plan in WI (10,695 participants, $30M in assets).