University of Southern Indiana

Show Me the Money!
Every group needs money for something. Whether you are putting on a campus-wide event, doing a service project, or just want money to buy food for all of your meetings, you need to raise funds. Then, once your group earns some money, you need to store it in a safe place and be able to access it easily. Let the Office of Student Development Programs help you with fundraising and setting up an agency account with USI.

Fundraising
Getting tired of doing car washes to raise money? The Office of Student Development (UC Room 015) has a binder of different ideas to give your group a fresh new fundraising program or event. Feel free to stop by the office anytime to look through the binder or talk with the Program Advisor to get new ideas.

Grants
If your organization is sponsoring a campus-wide event, you can apply for grants to help cover the cost of the program. There is one grant designed to help student organizations:

SGA Student Organization Support (SOS) Grant

This grant is designed for student organizations to develop programs that are open to the entire USI community.

SGA also has a travel grant designed for student organizations as well. If your organization hosts a national conference, you can apply for this grant to help pay for your travel costs.

Agency Accounts
Registered student organizations at USI may open on-campus financial accounts called agency accounts. They are basically checking accounts that your organization sets up with the University. Your group puts in money that it raised through fundraisers or club dues, and spends it on catering for your events, printing, copying, equipment rental, rental of University vehicles, physical plant set-up, and much more.

The Accounting Office can assist you with setting up an agency account for your organization. The office has also created a manual for using agency accounts as well.

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