2025 Plan Sponsor of the Year
The Plan Sponsor of the Year finalists will be recognized, and winners announced, at the PLANSPONSOR Excellence in Retirement Awards dinner in June.
The PLANSPONSOR Plan Sponsor of the Year annual awards program recognizes retirement plan sponsors that show an exemplary commitment to their participants’ financial health and retirement success. The award is given in many categories to recognize all plan types, so any plan sponsor can be eligible.
The nomination period opens in November; finalists are announced in March and winners named in June. Nominations may be made by providers, advisers, consultants, actuaries, attorneys, third-party administrators, employees or colleagues. Plan sponsors may also nominate themselves. All nominees are asked to officially enter and complete an online application form, supplying details about their plan’s administration, governance, participant statistics and data.
Only nominated plan sponsors that complete the application are considered in the finalist selection. The number of categories, and the number of finalists selected in each, depends on how many applications are completed. The 2025 awards will be given in 12 categories to allow for the most accurate comparisons across plan types and sizes. For 2025, 144 nominations were received, and 50 finalists were selected from the plan sponsors that completed applications.
Finalists will be recognized, and winners announced, at the PLANSPONSOR Excellence in Retirement Awards celebration during the PLANSPONSOR National Conference, in June.
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The 2025 Plan Sponsor of the Year finalists are:
Government DC
- City of Columbia—Columbia, Missouri
- Farm Credit Foundations—St. Paul, Minnesota
- Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office—West Palm Beach, Florida
- Prince George’s County Government—Largo, Maryland
- Tennessee Valley Authority—Knoxville, Tennessee
Nonprofit DC <$200MM
- Boys & Girls Clubs of America—Atlanta, Georgia
- National Federation of Independent Business, Inc.—Nashville, Tennessee
- The Salvation Army Southern Territory—Atlanta, Georgia
Nonprofit DC >$200MM
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago—Chicago, Illinois
- Dartmouth Health—Lebanon, New Hampshire
- Gonzaga University—Spokane, Washington
- Research Triangle Institute (DBA RTI International)—Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Corporate DC <$30MM
- Eventide Asset Management, Inc.—Boston, Massachusetts
- Guy C. Lee Building Materials LLC—Smithfield, North Carolina
- Open Dealer Exchange—Southfield, Michigan
- Westfield Bank FSB—Seville, Ohio
Corporate DC $30MM – $50MM
- ABX Innovative Packaging Solutions, LLC—Charlotte, North Carolina
- Atlas Technologies, Inc.—North Charleston, South Carolina
- Markowitz Herbold PC—Portland, Oregon
- Vitality Management Company, LLC—Chicago, Illinois
- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.—Chicago, Illinois
Corporate DC >$50MM – $100MM
- Diversified Holding—Portland, Maine
- Haselden Construction—Centennial, Colorado
- Ward Transport & Logistics Corp.—Altoona, Pennsylvania
Corporate DC >$100MM – $200MM
- Agfa Healthcare Corporation—Carlstadt, New Jersey
- Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.—North Little Rock, Arkansas
- Red Wing Shoe Company—Red Wing, Minnesota
Corporate DC >$200MM – $500MM
- Clayco, Inc.—Chicago, Illinois
- Dawn Food Products—Jackson, Michigan
- Everest Reinsurance Company—Warren, New Jersey
- La-Z-Boy, Inc.—Monroe, Michigan
- Standard Chartered Bank—New York, New York
Corporate DC >$500MM – $1B
- Amica Mutual Insurance Company—Lincoln, Rhode Island
- CAE USA, Inc.—Tampa, Florida
- Hendrick Automotive Group, LLC—Charlotte, North Carolina
- Hines Interests, LP—Houston, Texas
Corporate DC >$1B
- Constellation Brands, Inc.—Rochester, New York
- Lockton Companies—Kansas City, Missouri
- Pearson—Hoboken, New Jersey
- The Walt Disney Company—Burbank, California
- Vizient Inc.—Irving, Texas
Total Retirement Offering (to be announced Friday, 3/28)
Multiple Employer Plans (to be announced Friday, 3/28)
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