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It’s all yours
You immediately own all your contributions to the UW 403(b) SRP, and your savings can follow you—even if you change jobs.
More choice
Choose from a wide range of investments with the option of pre-tax or Roth contributions—or a combination! With Roth contributions, you pay taxes on your contributions now to get tax-free income in retirement.
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Join TIAA—the #1 Retirement Plan Provider to Higher Education.
TIAA was created to serve people who work in education—people like you. Our unique corporate structure means we put our participants first. We return all our profits to the people who invest with us, not a private family or shareholders in a publicly traded stock. In the last 20 years, we’ve kept our promise of fighting for a secure retirement for all by returning over $10 BILLION in profits to our participants.
$1.4T
We are one of the largest investment managers with $1.4 trillion in assets under management.3
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We shared billions in profits directly with participants in 2024.4
4.7M+
Nearly 5 million individual customers across America are building their retirements with TIAA.
100 years
We know retirement. Founded in 1918 to provide guaranteed retirement income for educators, TIAA’s innovative products and trusted advice have helped millions of Americans achieve a secure retirement.
Why retire with TIAA? Ask our participants5
“When I started investing with TIAA, I felt like I got really good advice.” - Lauren Reed - Educator & TIAA Participant
“I always encourage people to get TIAA, even if they're not thinking about retirement.” - Sheba Tartt, Administrative Assistant & TIAA Participant
“I really appreciate having support from a place like TIAA.” - Daniel Diaz, Director, Center of International Studies & TIAA Participant
- Hi, I'm Amy Salovin.
- My name is Sheba D. Tartt.
- I'm Lauren Reed.
- My name is Krystle Land.
- My name is Daniel Francois Diaz.
- I'm Alicia Watson.
- My perfect vision would be is that I have enough funds to cover all of our life expenses, our medical needs, everything that we might need.
- When I think about and plan for my retirement, I know that I want to travel, I hope that I'm healthy enough to do so.
- I really just wanna spend a lot of time making art and not having to worry about paying the bills.
- I have a special needs grandson, his name is Brandon Alexander Walker. And as I move towards retirement, I look forward to experience another chapter in our lives as far as greatness, as far as unity.
- I think about retirement and I picture myself on vacation, a beach somewhere, maybe a cruise.
- I would heavily rely on TIAA to help me think about those questions.
- I always encourage people to get TIAA, even if they're not thinking about retirement.
- TIAA will educate you on how to be prepared.
- When I started investing with TIAA, I felt like I got really good advice early on and that I was able to catch up. And I think coming into my 30s and feeling unprepared and then now approaching my 40s, I'm feeling really prepared and more comfortable thinking about retirement and looking toward the future.
- And how important making plans are for the future, 'cause you don't know what will happen and it's good to have support and partnership in these goals of being secure in your life. And I really appreciate having that advice and support from a place like TIAA.
- In seven months, I, Sheba D. Tartt, will begin my new adventure as a retiree. And 2025 I will be living my best life and I'm grateful.
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1 Source: 2023 PLANSPONSOR 403(b) Market Survey
2 Source: Pension Funds and Sustainable Investment: Challenges and Opportunities, P. Brett Hammond (ed.) et al.
3 As of December 31, 2024, assets under management (AUM) across Nuveen Investments affiliates and TIAA investment management teams were $1,387 billion.
4 TIAA may share profits with TIAA Traditional annuity owners through declared additional amounts of interest during accumulation, higher initial annuity income, and through further increases in annuity income benefits during retirement. These additional amounts are not guaranteed beyond the period for which they were declared. TIAA Annual Statement (2013 -2022), Page 4, Line 30.
5 Clients were not compensated for their testimonials. There is no material conflict of interest between these clients and TIAA. Their experiences may be different than yours.