{"id":39730,"date":"2024-07-02T16:22:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T23:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/hr\/?page_id=39730"},"modified":"2025-12-05T09:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:46:10","slug":"savings-and-investing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/hr\/benefits-briefing\/benefits\/savings-and-investing\/","title":{"rendered":"Savings and Investing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Savings and Investing<\/h1>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Voluntary Investment Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eastern Washington University offers all faculty and staff the option of participating in the Voluntary Investment Programs, in accordance with federal and state regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These accounts allow employees to save additional retirement funds over and above their regular plans (if they are eligible to participate in those plans), including the Department of Retirement System plans (PERS, TRS, LEOFF) or the EWU Retirement Plan (EWURP).  Contributions can be made pre-tax to lower today\u2019s taxable income, or a post-tax Roth option where your contributions and earnings can grow tax-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike the regular EWURP and DRS retirement plans, EWU does not contribute to these accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The voluntary plans EWU offers are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n