Student Government Club Funding - 2025-2026
Many student clubs and organizations chartered through Student Government have a "funded" status, meaning that each year, these groups can request funding from Student Government to support their activities. Information regarding accessing your annual allocation, lump sum budgeting, spending guidelines, applying for supplemental funding, and the process for requesting to spend funds are highlighted below.
2025-2026 Organization/Club Budgets and Allocations
Accessing Your Club/Organization Allocation
Student clubs and organizations (recognized by Student Government) can access their 2025/2026 allocation via their organization's portal on ROYALSYNC within the "Budget" feature on their organization's dashboard. Only club leaders with officer access to ROYALSYNC will be able to access the allocation information. Clubs will be notified of their approved allocations in late August.
Accessing your Club/Organization Allocation
- Navigate to "My Groups" on the ROYALSYNC home page to access the list of organizations in which you are a member or serve as an officer.
- Click on the organization you would like to see the allocation for. On the top ribbon, click on the “Manage" button (you must be listed as an officer of the organization; general members will not have access to the allocation information).
- Click on "Budgeting" under "Money" on your group’s left-side menu. You will be directed to the page where you will view budget allocations for your organization.
- Navigate to the current budget year request by selecting the white dialogue box on the left-hand side and selecting “Student Government Allocation Fund 2025-2026”. This will open the outline of your organization's full budget request and the amounts approved for each budget item.
- Please note, if your organization was chartered after August 2025, you cannot access your allocation until one-year past your charter date. We will contact the affected organizations in a follow-up message.
Student Government Funding Appeals and New Initiative Funding
Student Government Allocation Appeals Deadline
Clubs and organizations have the chance to appeal their specific budget allocations using the Appropriations Appeal Form 2025. This form is to appeal previously requested money you were denied in your fall and spring allocations. This is NOT to be used for new requests not previously outlined on your budget allocation request.- All appeals for allocations with Fall 2025 spending must be received on or prior to 4:00 PM on September 8, 2025.
- All appeals for allocations with Intersession or Spring 2026 spending must be received on or prior to 4:00 PM on October 20, 2025.
New Initiative Funding
Clubs and organizations also have the ability to request new initiative funding using this form: New Initiative Request Form
- This funding is for NEW club events or ideas that were not previously requested. In order for your request to be considered, it must not have been listed on your club's previous spring budget request. Special consideration will be given to events that are open to the entire campus community.
- There is a rolling deadline to access this funding, but no requests will be considered after March 27, 2026.
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Please note, new initiative funding requests must be submitted at least FOUR weeks prior to the event/initiative, as each request needs to first be reviewed by the allocations committee, and, if selected, will be added to the agenda of an upcoming senate meeting.
If you have any questions regarding appeals or new initiative funding, please reach out to Lamar Bishop at sgtreasurer@scranton.edu.
Requesting to Spend Allocated Funds
To request to spend funds from your 2025-2026 allocation, you must fill out the “Club and Organization Spending Request Form” form prior to any purchases. (Please note: Club Sports' spending will continue to go through Matt Pivirotto in the Recreational Sports department.)
All Student Government allocated spending requests must adhere to approved budget item line items and the following 2025-2026 Club and Organization Spending Guidelines, or the request will be denied. Please take note of the restrictions for the categories of food, travel, and personal property and/or prizes sections. Club and organization leaders must also additionally submit an event registration using the “Create Event” button in your organization’s dashboard on ROYALSYNC prior to requesting the use of Student Government allocated funds.
2025-2026 Spending Guidelines
Student Government allocates funding to clubs/organizations based on their submitted budget proposals. While allocations are assigned using the line items from those proposals, clubs/organizations may spend from their total approved allocation without being limited to the specific amounts listed in each budget line item, provided that all spending complies with the 2025-2026 Club and Organization Spending Guidelines.
All spending requests will continue to be reviewed individually and must be reasonable, appropriate, and submitted in good faith. Please review guidelines for complete details on requesting and using funds.
Questions?
We are here to help!
- Budgeting questions? Please contact Allison Slovak at sgtreasurer@scranton.edu.
- General club questions? Please contact the Center for Student Engagement at cse@scranton.edu.