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The Northern Fund

In flexibility, there is strength.

The strongest materials in the world are flexible. They are able to move, adjust and adapt to the environment. Likewise, it takes flexibility for individuals to persist, learn, grow and move forward.

Fortune Favors the Prepared

The Northern Fund empowers savvy donors to provide flexible, unrestricted support that allows us to seize emerging opportunities and plan with confidence as we continue to meet the demands of our rapidly changing environment. The resources at NIU enable students to explore their interests, create lifelong connections and dream big. 

This isn't just a one-time effort—it builds month after month, year after year. Along with consistent donor support, the Northern Fund helps provide the tools that make these life-changing moments possible.
 
Some of the many ways gifts to the Northern Fund provide support include:

• Scholarships for deserving students.
 • Grants for faculty members to enhance learning in the classroom.
 • Innovative experiences and programs

A gift to the Northern Fund is an investment in NIU, a place where extraordinary work is done every day by students and faculty who are filled with grit, determination and a desire to improve our world.

$200,000
Huskies United Participation Challenge
Thanks to the generosity of an alumnus who cares about the future of NIU and its students, when 2,000 total gifts to any area are made during Huskies United, a $200,000 gift to support the Northern Fund will be unlocked into our totals.
Completed
$100,000
Huskies United Leadership Donor Challenge
Thanks to the generosity of an alumnus who cares about the future of NIU and its students, when 50 Leadership Society level gifts of $1,000 or more are made during Huskies United, a $100,000 gift to support the Northern Fund will be unlocked into our totals.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Huskies United Northern Fund Challenge
Thanks to the generosity of an alumnus who cares about the future of NIU and its students, every gift will be matched dollar for dollar up to an additional $100,000 that will be unlocked to support the Northern Fund and Huskie United totals.
$100,000 MATCHED
Completed
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