Indiana University Priority Needs

Indiana University Foundation General

IU Priority Needs offers the university and the IU Foundation the financial flexibility to respond to unexpected needs and opportunities in real time. Nearly 99 percent of donations to Indiana University are designated for a highly specific use, leaving only 1 percent to support unforeseen needs such as emergency scholarship assistance, cultural programs that enrich campus life, and timely, pioneering research.

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Indiana University Foundation General

IU Priority Needs offers the university and the IU Foundation the financial flexibility to respond to unexpected needs and opportunities in real time. Nearly 99 percent of donations to Indiana University are designated for a highly specific use, leaving only 1 percent to support unforeseen needs such as emergency scholarship assistance, cultural programs that enrich campus life, and timely, pioneering research.

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Indiana University’s mission is to provide broad access to undergraduate and graduate education for students throughout Indiana, the United States, and the world, as well as outstanding academic and cultural programs and student services. The IU Foundation’s mission is to maximize private support for Indiana University, providing IU with the financial support it needs to succeed.

When you give to IU Priority Needs, you enable IU and the IU Foundation to invest in the university’s mission in real time. Recent gifts to IU Priority Needs have been used to:

  • Support student mental health by increasing access to online counseling and psychological services and resources
  • Help first-generation college students thrive in the Group Scholars Program
  • Fund GoBabyGo at IU Indianapolis, a program that provides cost-effective therapeutic assistive devices for children in the community with motor and cognitive development delays

Ensure that Indiana University is prepared to meet any challenge, at any time, by giving to IU Priority Needs today.

Your giving matters

For me, [your gift] means more than just support; it means that someone believes in me, and it motivates me to become a better student and a better person.

Mari K. Scholarship recipient and recent graduate

Important Disclosures

Please note, the name and purpose of the fund displayed on this page constitute the authorized description of the fund by the Indiana University Foundation, Inc. Your gift supports the fund as described herein.