Employees of a nonprofit are allowed generous pretax contributions to a 
403(b) . Our museum used Vanguard for a plan with employee-only 
contributions, then switched to TIAA CREF for a plan that allows both 
employer and employee contributions. I am not familiar with a Simple IRA 
but there are great tax advantages to the 401 (b) and both companies 
were very helpful to set up and easy to work with.

Betsey Mayhew
Martha's Vineyard Museum

Julianne Snider wrote:
> Peter-
>
> Before coming back to the museum world, I owned a small company in 
> Colorado. I felt it was important to offer employees some sort of 
> retirement plan so, after doing a lot of research, I set up Simple IRA 
> accounts. Many financial companies offer them (UBS, Merrill Lynch, 
> etc.). I wound up going through EdwardJones. The Simple IRA we used is 
> administered through The Hartford. You might try contacting them 
> directly. I have been very pleased with their program.
>
> Julianne
>
> Peter Howey wrote:
>> Does your museum offer a simple IRA with corporate contributions to 
>> its employees?  If so, I'd like to hear about it; our museum 
>> currently does not have any such offerings and I'd like to get as 
>> much information about different providers as I can before making a 
>> recommendation to my board.  Having taught previously, I've had my 
>> retirement portfolio through TIAA-CREF and plan on starting there, 
>> but the website offers little help for institutions without a phone 
>> consultation.
>>  
>> Thanks in advance for any information.
>>  
>> Peter Howey, Director
>> Bay County Historical Museum
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