$77,457
Amount Raised
641
Gifts Received
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NIU Foundation
25 Projects
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.
130%
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82
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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.
115%
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60
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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
112%
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51
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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!
92%
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67
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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.
92%
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47
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Global Huskies Fund
By International Affairs
Meeting Student Needs and Supporting Student Belonging
120%
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20
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Huskie Harvest - 2025
By Huskie Harvest
Help feed students in need!
72%
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58
Donors
9
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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%
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52
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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.
56%
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23
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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.
45%
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9
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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.
49%
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19
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Study Abroad Ghana
By Black Studies Program
Help Send our Students to Ghana!
36%
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9
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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.
52%
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29
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NIU Booklab
By University Libraries
At BookLab students learn about books, bookmaking, and global technologies of the word.
31%
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33
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From Classroom to Culture
By World Languages and Cultures
Help Send World Languages and Cultures Students Abroad!
28%
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9
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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.
24%
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19
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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.
20%
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12
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Yerkes Observatory Tour
By Department of Physics
Help cover travel expenses to and from Yerkes Observatory in Lake Geneva!
20%
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5
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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.
18%
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11
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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
17%
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8
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Leroy Mitchell Expendable Scholarship for CHANCE
By CHANCE Program
Help Support the CHANCE Program at NIU!
13%
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4
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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.
16%
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9
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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.
10%
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1
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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%
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4
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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.
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