NIU needs other wealthy donors to step up. Do we have many more in their financial range?
SF is trying his best but we have limited resources for the big seed money for capital projects.
(07-26-2016 09:02 AM)klake87 Wrote: [ -> ]NIU needs other wealthy donors to step up. Do we have many more in their financial range?
SF is trying his best but we have limited resources for the big seed money for capital projects.
Dan "Homer Simpson" Castellaneta. He has plenty of coin.
Doug Free has had some nice paychecks from Dallas Cowboys over the years.
(07-26-2016 09:41 AM)beachboy Wrote: [ -> ] (07-26-2016 09:02 AM)klake87 Wrote: [ -> ]NIU needs other wealthy donors to step up. Do we have many more in their financial range?
SF is trying his best but we have limited resources for the big seed money for capital projects.
Dan "Homer Simpson" Castellaneta. He has plenty of coin.
He left NIU tho, didn't he? Never graduated?
I remember reading somewhere we had a legitimate billionaire alumni, I thought perhaps in CA?
I'm working on it right now! I have learned it is harder to create generational wealth than I originally thought. Give me a couple of more years.
(07-26-2016 09:53 AM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote: [ -> ]I remember reading somewhere we had a legitimate billionaire alumni, I thought perhaps in CA?
talking to people in the fundraising business, it takes time to cultivate potential big donors. We have some out there, lets hope they come forward and help athletics and the U in general.
(07-26-2016 10:33 AM)OldHusky Wrote: [ -> ]I'm working on it right now! I have learned it is harder to create generational wealth than I originally thought. Give me a couple of more years.
Still trying for that winning lottery ticket, eh?
(07-26-2016 10:39 AM)GCD70 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-26-2016 09:53 AM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote: [ -> ]I remember reading somewhere we had a legitimate billionaire alumni, I thought perhaps in CA?
talking to people in the fundraising business, it takes time to cultivate potential big donors. We have some out there, lets hope they come forward and help athletics and the U in general.
So....when will you be putting your seven-figure check in the mail?
Tony Magee, Lagunitas. Attended but left to play music, smoke pot and brew good beer. What a life.
GO HUSKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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(07-26-2016 10:54 AM)Stay Cool Wrote: [ -> ]Mcgrath
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he gave a million last year. These are all known by the foundation.
(07-26-2016 09:44 AM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote: [ -> ] (07-26-2016 09:41 AM)beachboy Wrote: [ -> ] (07-26-2016 09:02 AM)klake87 Wrote: [ -> ]NIU needs other wealthy donors to step up. Do we have many more in their financial range?
SF is trying his best but we have limited resources for the big seed money for capital projects.
Dan "Homer Simpson" Castellaneta. He has plenty of coin.
He left NIU tho, didn't he? Never graduated?
Yes he did graduate. I even saw him in an NIU play. And at Second City.
http://www.niu.edu/theatre/about/alumni/index.shtml
the NIU well is not very deep.
(07-26-2016 11:16 AM)GCD70 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-26-2016 10:54 AM)Stay Cool Wrote: [ -> ]Mcgrath
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he gave a million last year. These are all known by the foundation.
This is correct. I was at his house for the announcement 2 years ago. The money went to the business school for a scholarship in his and his wife's name. I was his fraternity brother at NIU. We have to get him to listen to the athletic's dept. pitch!
(07-26-2016 02:44 PM)thetachihuskie Wrote: [ -> ] (07-26-2016 11:16 AM)GCD70 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-26-2016 10:54 AM)Stay Cool Wrote: [ -> ]Mcgrath
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he gave a million last year. These are all known by the foundation.
This is correct. I was at his house for the announcement 2 years ago. The money went to the business school for a scholarship in his and his wife's name. I was his fraternity brother at NIU. We have to get him to listen to the athletic's dept. pitch!
Work those contacts Theta!!!
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(07-26-2016 09:44 AM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote: [ -> ] (07-26-2016 09:41 AM)beachboy Wrote: [ -> ] (07-26-2016 09:02 AM)klake87 Wrote: [ -> ]NIU needs other wealthy donors to step up. Do we have many more in their financial range?
SF is trying his best but we have limited resources for the big seed money for capital projects.
Dan "Homer Simpson" Castellaneta. He has plenty of coin.
He left NIU tho, didn't he? Never graduated?
Robert Zemeckis is probably the richest of NIU's former students he attended NIU but transferred to USC. He was involved in the production of Forrest Gump,the Back to the Furture series and Romancing the Stone and many other hits.I believe he lived in Stevenson towers.
Barsema has him beat by a long shot if the google number for Zemeckis is accurate. He's only at 50 million. Barsema was at about 125+ at the time of his donation. I'm sure there are many NIU alums with a net worth between 1 and 10 million who aren't in the donating phase of their life yet. Part of the situation is that we have a lot of teachers/nurses and other majors who don't earn the large dollars. We need more engineers, scientists, business creators, best selling authors to fill the void. I also wonder how well the foundation finds the big tuna's.
(07-28-2016 07:30 PM)NIUSAE Wrote: [ -> ]Barsema has him beat by a long shot if the google number for Zemeckis is accurate. He's only at 50 million. Barsema was at about 125+ at the time of his donation. I'm sure there are many NIU alums with a net worth between 1 and 10 million who aren't in the donating phase of their life yet. Part of the situation is that we have a lot of teachers/nurses and other majors who don't earn the large dollars. We need more engineers, scientists, business creators, best selling authors to fill the void. I also wonder how well the foundation finds the big tuna's.
Maybe now that Matt Walsh is an emmy nominated actor he will see more $$$ and donate lol.