What is Budgeting? The best way for organizations and individual parties to acquire SFC funds is through budgeting. Every semester, organizations are welcome to submit semesterly (or yearly, if it is fall semester) budgets to be reviewed by the Student Finance Committee. SFC reserves the right to deny any budget requests that violate our policies, made in accordance with Oberlin College's Office of Student Involvement . If you submit a budget and SFC funds it partially or in full, you will be able to access these funds at the beginning of the proceeding semester. If your organization did not submit a budget for the following semester, your available funds will be $0. In order to acquire funds from that state, your organization will need to ad hoc. You can learn more about how to craft a budget here. You can learn more about our policies here. You can learn more about the ad hoc process here.
Budget Submissions Deadlines: First Draft: Wednesday, November 13, 11:59 PM Final Draft: Wednesday, November 27, 11:59 PM
Please submit your budget as a PDF to the form (linked above). The title of the PDF should follow this format: Organization_TreasurerFirstInitialLastName_Fall2025BudgetRequest. If you are submitting a yearly budget, replace “Fall2025BudgetRequest” with “FY25-26BudgetRequest.” DO NOT submit your budget through email.
Before submission, please make sure that your organization’s information (i.e. treasurer, index, etc.) matches our database. Your final budget will not be reviewed by SFC if:
The information on your budget does not match the SFC Fall 2025 database
The organization is not chartered or listed on Presence and the SFC Fall 2025 database
The budget is not submitted through the proper google form
The budget is not in PDF format
The budget is submitted after the deadline
Budgets are due on Wednesday, November 27 at 11:59 PM and no extensions will be granted. If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to reach out.