Henry Ford Health System 401(k) and pension plans

Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI. EIN 38-1357020. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital; Detroit Osteopathic Hospital Corporation.

Henry Ford Health System has 4 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Henry Ford Health System Ambassador 403(b) Plan, with 41,205 participants and $932 million in assets in 2024. Empower has been its recordkeeper since 2018.

Active plans
4
Participants
76,737
Plan assets
$4.2 billion
401(k) recordkeeper
Empower
Plans on file
6
Industry
Health care

All 6 plans

Active plans first

Henry Ford Health System Ambassador 403(b) Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number
016Employer EIN 38-1357020
Participants (2024)
41,205
Net assets (2024)
$932 million
Recordkeeper
EmpowerEarlier: Fidelity (2015–2017)
Plan administrator
Henry Ford Health System
One Ford Place, 4E
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 876-8495As filed for 2024
In effect since
January 1, 1999

Earlier sponsor: W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital (2009–2017).

Earlier plan names: Allegiance Health Retirement Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
202441,205$932 millionEmpower
202322,929$618 millionEmpower
202220,295$441 millionEmpower
202118,612$431 millionEmpower
202015,970$315 millionEmpower
201913,213$222 millionEmpower
20189,291$134 millionEmpower
20174,931$141 millionFidelity
20164,818$122 millionFidelity
20154,367$107 millionFidelity
20144,315$110 millionnot listed
20134,373$100 millionnot listed
20124,214$82.6 millionnot listed
20114,175$68.3 millionnot listed
20104,045$63.0 millionnot listed
20093,925$51.8 millionnot listed

Henry Ford Health System Retirement Savings Plan

Profit-sharing planActive

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number
005Employer EIN 38-1357020
Participants (2024)
18,638
Net assets (2024)
$1.8 billion
Recordkeeper
EmpowerEarlier: J.P. Morgan (2013), Alight (2009–2012)
Plan administrator
Henry Ford Health System
One Ford Place, 4E
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 874-7209As filed for 2024
In effect since
January 1, 1989

Plans merged into this one: Detroit Osteopathic Hospital Corporation Retirement Income Plan (2022).

Year by year, 2009 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
202418,638$1.8 billionEmpower
202320,872$1.7 billionEmpower
202223,592$1.6 billionEmpower
202123,469$1.9 billionEmpower
202024,916$1.7 billionEmpower
201926,501$1.6 billionEmpower
201827,941$1.3 billionEmpower
201726,892$1.4 billionEmpower
201629,934$1.2 billionEmpower
201529,449$1.1 billionEmpower
201428,054$1.1 billionEmpower
201327,606$1.0 billionJ.P. Morgan
201226,251$857 millionAlight
201129,790$709 millionAlight
201028,504$663 millionAlight
200927,186$579 millionAlight

Henry Ford Health System Heritage 403(b) Plan

403(b)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number
014Employer EIN 38-1357020
Participants (2024)
16,675
Net assets (2024)
$1.4 billion
Recordkeeper
Empower2014–2024
Plan administrator
Henry Ford Health System
One Ford Place, 4E
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 876-8495As filed for 2024
In effect since
January 1, 2014

Earlier plan names: The Henry Ford Health System 403(b) Plan.

Year by year, 2014 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
202416,675$1.4 billionEmpower
202318,614$1.3 billionEmpower
202220,309$1.1 billionEmpower
202120,215$1.3 billionEmpower
202022,669$1.2 billionEmpower
201924,573$996 millionEmpower
201825,937$815 millionEmpower
201727,791$843 millionEmpower
201625,039$693 millionEmpower
201524,130$632 millionEmpower
201425,039$630 millionEmpower

Henry Ford Medical Center Union Facilities Retirement Plan for Collectively Bargained Employees

Pension (defined benefit)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number
004Employer EIN 38-1357020
Participants (2024)
219
Net assets (2024)
$18.2 million
Plan administrator
Henry Ford Health System
One Ford Place, 4E
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 876-8495As filed for 2024
In effect since
February 1, 1966
Year by year, 2009 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
2024219$18.2 millionnot listed
2023227$16.5 millionnot listed
2022234$16.2 millionnot listed
2021262$23.0 millionnot listed
2020272$22.3 millionnot listed
2019291$21.9 millionnot listed
2018307$19.9 millionnot listed
2017329$24.5 millionnot listed
2016338$21.2 millionnot listed
2015350$19.8 millionnot listed
2014371$22.6 millionnot listed
2013385$23.0 millionnot listed
2012406$22.0 millionnot listed
2011420$22.2 millionnot listed
2010435$23.6 millionnot listed
2009451$22.6 millionnot listed

Detroit Osteopathic Hospital Corporation Retirement Income Plan

Cash balance pension, frozenMerged

Merged. In 2022 its assets moved to the Henry Ford Health System Retirement Savings Plan, sponsored by Henry Ford Health System (EIN 38-1357020, plan 005). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number
012Employer EIN 38-1357020
Participants (2020)
147
Net assets (2020)
$8.6 million
Plan administrator
Henry Ford Health System
One Ford Place, 4E
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 876-8495As filed for 2022
In effect since
October 1, 1963

Earlier sponsor: Detroit Osteopathic Hospital Corporation (2009).

Year by year, 2009 to 2022
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20220$0not listed
20210$79,921not listed
2020147$8.6 millionnot listed
2019161$6.5 millionnot listed
2018170$6.5 millionnot listed
2017180$7.6 millionnot listed
2016194$7.2 millionnot listed
2015199$7.1 millionnot listed
2014213$8.6 millionnot listed
2013226$9.3 millionnot listed
2012238$9.4 millionnot listed
2011266$10.0 millionnot listed
2010281$11.0 millionnot listed
2009292$10.9 millionnot listed

Henry Ford Health System Pension Plan

Cash balance pension, frozenMerged

Merged. In 2019 its assets moved to the Allegiance Health Retirement Plan, sponsored by Henry Ford Allegiance Health (EIN 38-2027689, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number
001Employer EIN 38-1357020
Participants (2018)
16,014
Net assets (2018)
$328 million
Plan administrator
Henry Ford Health System
One Ford Place, 4E
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 876-8495As filed for 2019
In effect since
January 1, 1951
Year by year, 2009 to 2019
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20190$0not listed
201816,014$328 millionnot listed
201716,888$390 millionnot listed
201617,701$364 millionnot listed
201518,539$372 millionnot listed
201419,743$422 millionnot listed
201320,935$447 millionnot listed
201222,190$442 millionnot listed
201123,477$421 millionnot listed
201024,055$445 millionnot listed
200922,809$404 millionnot listed

If you had money in one of these plans

  1. Call Empower (empower.com), which runs the Henry Ford Health System Ambassador 403(b) Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
  2. Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((313) 876-8495). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
  3. If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
  4. Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

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