$63,543
                    Amount Raised
                512
                    Gifts Received
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                        25 Projects
                        
                    
                    
                CSWGS Student Scholarship
            
            
                By Women, Gender & Sexuality
            
            
                The Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality is working to raise funds this month for the Austin Sawicki Scholarship.
            
            
                        109%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            54
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
                            6
                        
                    
                    
                        
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                NIU Marching Band & Silverettes - 2025-26
            
            
                By NIU Marching Band
            
            
                Help ensure our 2026 edition of “the Pride of the Midwest” students can look as good as they sound.
            
            
                        89%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            44
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
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                25 for 25 - Center for Innovative Teaching Celebrates 25 Years
            
            
                By Innovative Teaching & Learning
            
            
                Help the NIU Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning Celebrate 25 Years of Educational Excellence
            
            
                        78%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            40
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
                            6
                        
                    
                    
                        
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                Anthropology Students Study the World – Help Get Them There!
            
            
                By Department of Anthropology
            
            
                Anthropology graduate students at NIU conduct research all around the world. Help us provide grants to get them there!
            
            
                        79%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            54
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
                            6
                        
                    
                    
                        
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                Global Huskies Fund
            
            
                By International Affairs
            
            
                Meeting Student Needs and Supporting Student Belonging
            
            
                        70%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            19
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
                            6
                        
                    
                    
                        
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                Huskie Food Pantry - 2025
            
            
                By Huskie Food Pantry
            
            
                The Huskie Food Pantry serves the entire student body, and annual helps over 1,000 students in need.
            
            
                        58%
                    
                    
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                            66
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
                            6
                        
                    
                    
                        
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                Huskie Harvest - 2025
            
            
                By Huskie Harvest
            
            
                Help feed students in need!
            
            
                        54%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            51
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
                            30
                        
                    
                    
                        
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                NIU College of Law Bar Prep Scholarships - 2025
            
            
                By College of Law
            
            
                Help us provide scholarships for Law students to successfully prepare for the upcoming bar exam!
            
            
                        49%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            52
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
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                Digitizing the News from Nowhere
            
            
                By University Libraries
            
            
                News from Nowhere was an underground student newspaper published in DeKalb for the NIU campus from 1967-1971 that featured art, poetry, satire.
            
            
                        35%
                    
                    
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                            7
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
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                CLAS Secondary Educator Licensure Transportation Equity Fund 2025
            
            
                By CLAS
            
            
                Secondary Educator Licensure Transportation Equity Fund provides teacher candidates with emergency funding due to transportation barriers.
            
            
                        39%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            17
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
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                Study Abroad Ghana
            
            
                By Black Studies Program
            
            
                Help Send our Students to Ghana!
            
            
                        32%
                    
                    
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                            6
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
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                Planting Seeds of Hope: DeKalb’s Donation Garden
            
            
                By ISESE
            
            
                The DeKalb Donation Garden grows fresh produce for local pantries while offering NIU students and community members hands-on gardening experience.
            
            
                        28%
                    
                    
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                            16
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
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                NIU Booklab
            
            
                By University Libraries
            
            
                At BookLab students learn about books, bookmaking, and global technologies of the word.
            
            
                        26%
                    
                    
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                            26
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
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                From Classroom to Culture
            
            
                By World Languages and Cultures
            
            
                Help Send World Languages and Cultures Students Abroad!
            
            
                        22%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            3
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
                            6
                        
                    
                    
                        
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                Huskie Closet - 2025
            
            
                By Nonprofit and NGO Studies
            
            
                The Huskie Closet has been an incredible addition to the NIU campus for students, faculty/staff, alumni, and the DeKalb community.
            
            
                        31%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            12
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
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                Help NIU Students Experience Southeast Asia as Teachers
            
            
                By College of Education
            
            
                Help NIU professors and students travel to both Indonesia and Malaysia to co-teach at local schools next summer.
            
            
                        18%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            17
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
                            4
                        
                    
                    
                        
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                Tools for Tomorrow’s Career-Ready Health Professionals
            
            
                By SIHP
            
            
                We are raising money to support current students on their career trajectory and also prepare them in the health sciences and rehabilitation counseling fields.
            
            
                        16%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            8
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
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                Yerkes Observatory Tour
            
            
                By Department of Physics
            
            
                Help cover travel expenses to and from Yerkes Observatory in Lake Geneva!
            
            
                        12%
                    
                    
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                            3
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
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                Sustaining Southeast Asia Crossroads Podcast
            
            
                By Southeast Asian Studies
            
            
                Help Southeast Asia Crossroads podcast train students, support guest speakers, and remain financially independent through community support.
            
            
                        10%
                    
                    
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                            6
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
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                emPOWERing students
            
            
                By Center for NPO and NGO Studies
            
            
                emPOWER is an amazing, high-energy weekend gathering of student advocates to learn together about organizing and collective action, a one-of-a-kind experience
            
            
                        10%
                    
                    
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                            4
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
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                Support Military and Veteran Services
            
            
                By Military & Veteran Services
            
            
                Help support students who are active duty, veterans, reservists/guard and their dependents.
            
            
                        4%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            2
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
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                Women in STEM Programming
            
            
                By University Libraries
            
            
                The Women in STEM Lecture series provides a forum for inspiration and collegiality
            
            
                        2%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            4
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
                            6
                        
                    
                    
                        
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                KNPE Student Academic and Professional Development Fund
            
            
                By Kinesiology and Physical Ed.
            
            
                KNPE Student Academic and Professional Development Fund: It’s not just WHAT you know, it’s WHO you know…and where those connections can take you.
            
            
                        0%
                    
                    
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                            0
                    
                    
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                Leroy Mitchell Expendable Scholarship for CHANCE
            
            
                By CHANCE Program
            
            
                Help Support the CHANCE Program at NIU!
            
            
                        2%
                    
                    
                        Funded
                    
                
                            1
                    
                    
                        Donors
                    
                
                        
                            6
                        
                    
                    
                        
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                Powering the Profession - 2025
            
            
                By College of Education
            
            
                Powering the Profession provides funding to Higher Education and Student Affairs students at NIU.
            
            
                        0%
                    
                    
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                            0
                    
                    
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