The SFC Pricing Guide should be followed when determining prices for services offered through Oberlin College, as well as standardized pricing caps determined by the SFC.
SFC does not have the financial resources to cover 100% of costs all of the time. Ultimately, requests are all reviewed on a case-by-case basis and many of these caps are meant to subsidize, not fully fund, items and/or events.

Contents 
  1. Printing Service
  2. Lodging
  3. Food
  4. Transportation
  5. Concert Sound
  6. Facilities
  7. ​Merchandise and Gifts

1. Printing Services
Please note that prices vary across styles. For a detailed list of prices, see the official printing services list, which can be found here. Printing Services recommends all organizations get direct quotes on their printing costs before budgeting due to other factors, such as specific types of paper, trimming fees, booklets, labels, laminating, etc.

Printing Services
                    B&W                        Color
8.5x11:     $.035 per page        $.25 per page
8.5x14:    $.05 per page          $.50 per page
11x17:      $.07 per page          $.50 per page
Ex: Color copy is .50 per side
      Card stock is .175 per sheet

Tickets
  • Printing Service: $0.07 per ticket
  • Central Ticket Office: $0.20 per ticket
SFC Advertising Caps: 
  1. General interest meetings $10
  2. 20-50 people in attendance $20-30
  3. 50-100 in attendance $30-35
  4. 100+  in attendance $40-50

2. Lodging
  1. For 1-2 Guests, a single room at the Oberlin Hotel is $159/night. Student Organizations are permitted to apply a college charge discount. Please contact the hotel in advance to confirm if you can apply said discount. It is almost always available for weekdays.
  2. Double Room is $189/night.
  3. Each additional guest (parties of 3 or more) will cost $20/night.
  4. Peak rates may be funded if date is specified; i.e. homecoming, Board Meeting Weekends, Parents Executive Council, etc.
  5. Please look here for specific dates and prices.
  6. For rates out of town rates, please use the federal reimbursement rate. Click here for rates (Use rate for relevant location, or use Standard Rate of $91 for locations without specified rates.)

3. Food
  1. For all food requests that exceed $500 per event, AVI Fresh gets first rights of refusal. This right means your organization must reach out to AVI first to see if they can accommodate the request. You can only use outside catering exceeding $500 if AVI refuses the request first.
  2. For all catering requests, please include direct correspondence with the establishment as a price confirmation. Additionally, please include tips in the final budget request. Tips for large catering orders are mandatory.
  3. Some of Oberlin's local establishments accept Local Vendor Forms (LVF) for catering purposes. Note that organizations are not limited to these restaurants when requesting food. Below is a list of restaurants that accept LVF:
    1. Lorenzo's
    2. Aladdin's
    3. Domino's
    4. Blue Rooster
  4. Students traveling  off-campus are funded up to $15/student per day for food subsidies.
  5. Off-campus visitors are funded up to $20/visitor per day for food subsidies. For anything over or under a multiple of 1 full day, the meal breakdown is as follows: $10 for breakfast, $10 for lunch, and $15 for dinner.
  6. Our cap for food at general interest meetings is $50. The organization will still need to provide an itemized list of food items to be considered for funding.
  7. Organizations wishing to cook using SFC funds must provide SFC with a statement that proves they have an industrial kitchen and at least one member who is ServeSafe certified.
4. Transportation
Gas Reimbursement Pricing: when calculating total reimbursement please use this Fuel Cost Calculator
Airport-to-Oberlin Transportation cap: $65.00 each way

Rental Vehicle Costs from Transportation Office
​If a vehicle from the Transportation Office is needed over the weekend , you must rent the vehicle until the Monday after the weekend trip, as per the office's policy. Please refer to the Transportation Office's website for the latest vehicle pricing guide, and refer to Enterprise for descriptions of the vehicles available.

A $25.00 drop fee​ is also charged for any rental starting on a weekend or before 8am on a week day will be charged this fee.  
Daily charges for a vehicle are incurred on a 24 hour cycle. For example, a car was rented from 8am on Monday to 8am on Tuesday but the keys weren't returned until 10am on Tuesday. That organization will be charged for a two day rental. If your reservation goes past Office of Transportation’s business hours on a Friday or if you need the vehicle on a Monday before 9:00 am, you will be charged the daily rate for the entire weekend.

​Click here for Oberlin College's Transportation Policy and Vehicle Rental Work Order Instructions.

5. Concert Sound
Pricing for concert sound varies largely from event to event, if you budget for an event that requires concert sound we ask you to reach out to [email protected] for a pricing quote before bringing your proposal to us. Please attach a quote invoice from concert sound to your budget.

6. Facilities 
Hourly Rates                         Regular        Overtime
Carpenters/Locksmiths        $48.50            $65.00
Custodians                             $32.00            $43.50
Grounds                                 $42.00            $55.00
Painters                                  $52.00            $70.00
Mechanical Trades*               $54.00            $73.00
Maintenance Technicians      $44.00            $57.00
Service Transportation          $43.00            $55.00
*Central heating Plant Engineers, Electricians, HVAC, Technicians, Mechanics and Plumbers

7. Merchandise and Gifts
  1. SFC can subsidize individual club merchandise up to $20 per person. Organizations must assess financial need through a Google Form. SFC may cover merchandise costs for individuals in eligible orgs with demonstrated financial need. SFC will consider this type of request under the following criteria:
    1. Number of people requesting merchandise
    2. Historical reputation of the organization
    3. Alignment with the club's mission
    4. Due to Oberlin College Policy, all merchandise funded by SFC must have the Oberlin College logo on it.  
  2. SFC will not fund any goods or services to be sold for profit. Goods and services for donation will be assessed on a case by case basis.
  3. Senior Gifts are capped at $30 per gift, and the organization must provide a list of seniors and an itemized list of products to receive funding.