Illinois · Public charity
Northern Illinois University Foundation
The niu foundation's mission is to energize and connect the private sector with the niu community to secure and steward resources that support the future and growth of niu.
- $12M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,496,315
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,496,315
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $235M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Northern Illinois University Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $5.5M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $4.9M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $3.8M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $3.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $2.5M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $3.3M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $4.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $5.4M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Illinois University | $38,666,441 | 9 | n/a |
Compare Northern Illinois University Foundation with peer funders
About Northern Illinois University Foundation
- How much does Northern Illinois University Foundation give?
- Northern Illinois University Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $5,496,315, out of $11,611,951 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Northern Illinois University Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Northern Illinois University Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northern Illinois University ($39M).
- Does Northern Illinois University Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Northern Illinois University Foundation based?
- Northern Illinois University Foundation is based in IL.
Play a game based on Northern Illinois University’s filings →