Annual Giving has launched its first ever crowdfunding page—HuskyFunds—for student organizations.

Crowdfunding is a popular platform for university fundraising campaigns. Annual Giving wants to provide more options for the 230 student orgs on campus to raise money for their current needs including equipment, materials, educational events, and more.

The first project is for Film Board.

“Film Board is such a big part of this campus and the local community,” says Jenn Beikkola, associate director of alumni giving. “We thought they would be the perfect group to launch our initiative.”

The Michigan Tech Film Board is the student group behind the movies that are shown in Fisher 135. These movies are presented every weekend (when there are classes or exams the following week) during the fall and spring semesters. There are over 30 members who choose movies and show them to the Michigan Tech community.

Film Board successfully raised money to overhaul their current speaker system, which is over 16 years old. They strive to stay up to date with technology and this HuskyFunds initiative will help cover the installation costs associated with this project.

Check out HuskyFunds at mtu.edu/huskyfunds for more information and to donate to Film Board.