The University of Northern Iowa Foundation grows and sustains private resources and builds relationships to support the University of Northern Iowa, its students, faculty, staff and programs.

The UNI Foundation is committed to providing a growing source of private funding and partnerships to enable the University of Northern Iowa to achieve its vision.

What is the UNI Foundation?
The University of Northern Iowa Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization established in 1959. The mission of the UNI Foundation is to grow and sustain private resources and build relationships to support the University of Northern Iowa, its students, faculty, staff and programs. 

The University of Northern Iowa Foundation is designated as the central fundraising agency for the University of Northern Iowa. The Foundation conducts campaigns for university priorities and provides central services to support fundraising, growth of the endowment, administration, compliance, donor stewardship and other areas. 

The Foundation's Trustees and staff are deeply committed to providing excellent stewardship of gifts the Foundation receives. The Trustees' Investment Committee confers every other month with our investment counselor to review the performance of our funds. Thanks to this careful oversight, the Foundation's investment funds have regularly outperformed the market norms. The Trustees follow a diversified asset allocation strategy with the goal to participate in the market when it is up and preserve and protect the investments when the market is down.