Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Gifford Health Care, Inc. Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$74M
Total assets Below avg plan size
792
Participants Near avg headcount
88th
Percentile by assets National rank
$93,561
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Gifford Health Care, Inc. · Vermont · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$74M in assets, 792 participants

Gifford Health Care, Inc.'s Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan reported $74M in total assets and 792 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 88th 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.

  • #15,169 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)

Coverage in Vermont

Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan covers 792 participants in Vermont, 3.2x the typical Vermont plan (state average ~245 per filing). Assets: $74M.

#15,169
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
+14.1%
assets growth YoY
0.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$74,100,667 Top 12% higher than 88% 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

Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (792 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $11M in the plan year 2023 filing to $9M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $65M in the plan year 2023 filing to $74M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 720 in the plan year 2023 filing to 792 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 460938716 · Gifford Health Care, Inc. PY 2024 · Other

Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan · $74M · 792 · 88th

  • RANK $74M
  • RANK 792
  • RANK 88th
  • RANK Other
  • RANK near Carteret County General Hospital Tax Deferred Savings Plan
  • RANK ind #15169

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 Vermont →

Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Carteret County General Hospital Tax Deferred Savings PlanCarteret County General Hosp…$74MGifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement PlanGifford Health Care, Inc. 40…$74MLegacy Community Health Services, Inc. 403(b) PlanLegacy Community Health Serv…$74MAmerican College of Surgeons Long Term Savings PlanAmerican College of Surgeons…$74MUniversity Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. Retirement PlanUniversity Physicians and Su…$74M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Vermont filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$65M
Net Assets (End of Year)$74M
Net Income$9M
Employer EIN460938716
Plan Effective Date1978-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Gifford Health Care, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gifford Health Care, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$74M 37.77546501357429% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$50M$60M$70M$80M 202220232024 $53.8M $74.1M ▲ +37.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 653 $54M
2023 1 720 $65M
2024 1 792 $74M

Nearby Other Plans in Vermont

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

Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Vermont, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0500100015002000 0100200300400 Total assets ($M) Participants Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($M): 74.100667 · Participants: 792Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement PlanMiddlebury College Voluntary Retirement Plan, Total assets ($M): 311.834512 · Participants: 1028Middlebury College Voluntary Retirement PlanRutland Regional Health Services Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($M): 288.999458 · Participants: 1695Rutland Regional Health Services Retirement Savings PlanNorwich University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan, Total assets ($M): 175.751512 · Participants: 1061Norwich University Defined Contribution Retirement PlanChamplain College Defined Contribution Retirement Plan, Total assets ($M): 116.482678 · Participants: 463Champlain College Defined Contribution Retirement PlanWorld Learning, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($M): 96.30114 · Participants: 446World Learning, Inc. Retirement Plan
Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Vermont, assets vs. participants
Compare Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside Vermont, the nearest Other by assets is Carteret County General Hospital Tax Deferred Savings Plan in NC ($74M); by covered participants it is Action for Boston Community Development Tax-Sheltered Annuity Plan in MA (792 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (792 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

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 Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.1% during 2024, from $65M to $74M. Reported net income was $9M.
How have Gifford Health Care, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gifford Health Care, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 37.8%, from $54M to $74M.
Where does Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan ranks in the 88th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Carteret County General Hospital Tax Deferred Savings Plan in NC ($74M, 1,195 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Gifford Health Care, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Action for Boston Community Development Tax-Sheltered Annuity Plan in MA (792 participants, $44M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 460938716.

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.