Funding Sources for Student Groups A Guide to Alternate Funding Sources Fall 2014

Overview ● Common Funding Application o What is it? o How to use? ●Alternate Sources of Funding o Description of the most common ones

Common Funding App (CFA) One stop budget request tool Online: penncfa.com Sixteen funding sources available Broken down into 6 sections: –Event Description –T/F Checkbox Questions –Free-Response Questions –Budget –Funders –Extra Questions

Sources of Funding Image by: Javier García

Funding Sources: Quick Facts SAC – yearly allocations & contingency requests during the year for groups’ primary mission SPEC Connaissance – speaker events SPEC Fully Planned – event only needs funds to happen, all event planning has been completed SPEC-TRUM – events with minority groups Synergy – political events Faith Fund – religious events Inter Cultural Fund – constituents of the 5B Tangible Change – bringing disparate audiences together

Other Funding Sources Their mission statements are on the CFA website –Asian Pacific Student Coalition –Civic House Associate Coalition –Engineering Student Activities Council –Latino Coalition –Penn Traditions Alumni Engagement Fund –Student Sustainability Association at Penn –UMOJA –United Minorities Council

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