ScholarShare 529 College Savings Plan

Introducing the ScholarShare 529 College Savings Plan

ScholarShare 529 College Savings Plan Overview

Higher education can offer your child or grandchild the opportunity to gain experiences and skillsneeded to make the most of their personal and professional potential. Paying for that education,however, can be daunting. Thankfully, there are programs that can lighten the burden.

10,000 Degrees is proud

to announce its new partnership with ScholarShare 529, a nationallyrecognized college savings plan managed by TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing, Inc. ScholarShare529 is an industry leader with a 20-year track record of helping families like yours accumulateassets to cover future college costs.

Scholarshare 529 offers employees the ability to receive significant benefits for educationexpenses, including:

100% Tax-Free Growth, which helps them accumulate more money for higher educationcompared to saving in a taxable account

Tax-free withdrawals for qualified higher education expenses, like tuition, food, books,computers, and more

The money accumulated can be used at most colleges nationwide and many abroad—undergraduate and graduate programs, community colleges and trade schools

The plan offers a variety of professionally managed investment portfolios to fit yourinvestment timeline, risk tolerance, and college savings goals

An account can be set-up online in about 15 minutes

Start with any dollar amount

When opening a new ScholarShare 529 account online, employees may elect to have regulardeposits made from their paycheck or via your personal checking/savings account. If you electpayroll contributions, ScholarShare 529 will provide payroll instructions at the end of the enrollmentprocess that will contain your ScholarShare routing and account numbers to establish your payrolldirect deposit contributions.

You can join a bi-weekly Webinar for Families hosted by the Scholarshare team by registeringon this page here —https://www.scholarshare529.com/events