In the Fall 2025 Quarter, the Finance Committee surveyed student organizations to better under their experiences and feedback with the current funding process. One of the main concerns shared is that there is no option to increase beyond the maximum allocation of $3,500 and the process at the beginning of the academic year is confusing. Additionally the Finance Committee reviewed an analysis of the current funding, which including information that showed that even in the highest expenditure and allocation years, some organizations consistently failed to use their full funding allocation - while still automatically qualifying for an annual increase. In 2024-2025, 103 of 335 funding organizations spent less than 15% of their allocated funds.
The new funding model move the initial allocation process to the spring alongside our annual budget process and requires (1) budget applications from each organization to continue to understand the organizations needs and (2) shifts annual increases to be based on expense history.
The Finance Committee will assign the following increase by the prior year's spending:
- 0-15% spending (previous budget year) will receive no increase
- 16-50% spending (previous budget year) will receive a 3% increase
- 51-75% spending (previous budget year) will receive a 5% increase
- 76-100% spending (previous budget year) will receive a 7% increase
The information helps the Finance Committee understand the funded organization needs in this process as well as changes in spending between previous years. If your organization has had a history of not spending its funding, we recommend noting how that has changed this year. Prior org funding and expense history can be found here: Organization Funding History
Due to the unexpected changes with the Office of the Vice President of Finance, the Finance Committee has an adjusted timeline to accommodate this process.
Timeline:
| Friday, April 3 | Email Announcement and Website Resource Page Available |
| Monday, May 4 | Budget Request Form Due https://asucr.jotform.com/form/organization-budget-request-fy26-27 |
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| Thursday, May 7 | Initial Organization Funding Review at Finance Committee |
| Friday, May 8 | Initial Funding Announcement via Email and Update on this page |
| Wednesday, May 13 | Appeal for Student Organizations due at 5pm
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| Thursday, May 21 | Consolidated Budget to Finance Committee |
| Wednesday, May 27 | Consolidated Budget to ASUCR Senate |
"What happens after the ASUCR Budget is approved?"
Beginning September 15, 2026, the authorized signers form will be available for student organizations to begin listing their authorized signers for the year. Student organizations will still need to follow the regular recognition process through Student Life.
On Monday, September 28, 2026, the fall requisition form will open and funding organizations can begin submitting requisitions for payment and/or reimbursement.
"What about new organizations?"
The new model includes a $10,000 budget to allocate for new organizations seeking funding outside of the annual budget process. New organizations will be capped at $500 for the first year and after their initial funding, those student organization will be invited to continue through the outlined process.
"What about current organizations that miss the deadline?"
This process has been communicated directly to each currently funded organization. We ask that student organizations adhere to the deadline and make every effort to ensure that they can be included in the annual funding process.
Additional information about this model can be found here: SB-F25-021 | Bill to Adopt New Organization Funding Model
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