$15,312
Amount Raised
190
Gifts Received
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NIU Foundation
24 Projects
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.
23%
Funded
12
Donors
26
days
left
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.
9%
Funded
9
Donors
24
days
left
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.
6%
Funded
10
Donors
81
days
left
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.
24%
Funded
15
Donors
26
days
left
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.
1%
Funded
1
Donors
26
days
left
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.
44%
Funded
60
Donors
26
days
left
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!
8%
Funded
11
Donors
7
days
left
Huskie Harvest - 2025
By Huskie Harvest
Help feed students in need!
12%
Funded
11
Donors
26
days
left
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.
1%
Funded
1
Donors
26
days
left
Yerkes Observatory Tour
By Department of Physics
Help cover travel expenses to and from Yerkes Observatory in Lake Geneva!
0%
Funded
0
Donors
26
days
left
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%
Funded
0
Donors
26
days
left
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!
31%
Funded
20
Donors
26
days
left
NIU Booklab
By University Libraries
At BookLab students learn about books, bookmaking, and global technologies of the word.
2%
Funded
2
Donors
26
days
left
Women in STEM Programming
By University Libraries
The Women in STEM Lecture series provides a forum for inspiration and collegiality
0%
Funded
1
Donors
26
days
left
Global Huskies Fund
By International Affairs
Meeting Student Needs and Supporting Student Belonging
41%
Funded
8
Donors
26
days
left
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.
10%
Funded
2
Donors
26
days
left
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.
8%
Funded
5
Donors
26
days
left
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.
9%
Funded
4
Donors
26
days
left
Study Abroad Ghana
By Black Studies Program
Help Send our Students to Ghana!
0%
Funded
0
Donors
26
days
left
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
16%
Funded
13
Donors
26
days
left
Leroy Mitchell Expendable Scholarship for CHANCE
By CHANCE Program
Help Support the CHANCE Program at NIU!
0%
Funded
0
Donors
26
days
left
Power
By Center for NPO and NGO Studies
POWER is an amazing, high-energy weekend gathering of student advocates to learn together about organizing and collective action, a one-of-a-kind experience
0%
Funded
0
Donors
4
days
to go
From Classroom to Culture
By World Languages and Cultures
Help Send World Languages and Cultures Students Abroad!
22%
Funded
3
Donors
26
days
left
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
31
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left
