Programming Guide

Programming Guide

Getting Funded

The Student Activities Funding Committee (SAFC)

Before requesting funding from the SAFC, you must be part of a charter I organization. Not part of a chartered organization? Get a charter!

Submitting a Budget

You can submit a budget online. For information on the process, please see How to Navigate the Funding Process, a guide to the SAFC written by the members themselves.

Co-Sponsorship

When organizations co-sponsor an event, one organization must be designated as the primary account that will be accessed for accounting purposes. This is the organization that should submit a budget to the SAFC. However, if one of the other sponsoring organizations runs on an operating budget, a Journal Voucher must be completed in order to transfer the funds from that operating budget into the primary account for the event.

Supplemental Sources

Departments: Relevant departments may be able to contribute to your event. If you are interested in this sort of funding, please contact a member of that department directly. In order to transfer funds from a department to a student organization’s account, a Journal Voucher must be completed.

The College Houses: In order to request money from a College House, please contact the house leadership directly. For an up-to-date list of these students, see http://www.bowdoin.edu/reslife/colhouse/officers.shtml.

The Class Councils: Relevant class councils may be able to contribute to your event. In order to request money from them, please contact a member of that council directly. For a list of these students, see http://studorgs.bowdoin.edu/bsg/class_councils.php. In order to transfer funds from a class council to an organization’s account, a Journal Voucher must be completed.