Need help figuring out how to fund your org? Check out our Budgetary Statutes Cheat Sheet!
In order to access the Student Organization budget request application, your treasurer must have completed the Finance Board Budget Requests module in Blackboard.
If a treasurer experiences issues accessing the Student Organization Officers Training Blackboard organization or the Finance Board Budget Requests module, they should email studentorgs@umbc.edu
Additional Financial Resources
- Student Organization Officer Trainings Blackboard
- All SGA Finance Board training materials can be found in the Student Organization Officers Training Blackboard organization. Presidents, vice presidents, and treasurers of student orgs have access to this Blackboard organization.
- In order to gain access to the forms to submit a budget request, student organization treasurers must first complete the “TRAINING On-Campus Finance Board Semesterly Budget Request” in Blackboard. That Blackboard training will automatically be available on the first day of classes in the “Finance Board Budget Requests” folder.
- In order to schedule a meeting with SABSC (Student Affairs Business Service Center), treasurers and presidents need to complete the Student Affairs Business Service Center (SABSC) Business Processes module. This can also be found within the Student Organization Officers Training Blackboard organization.
- SABSC Appointment Page
- From the SABSC Appointment page you can reserve a cash box or schedule a purchasing appointment
- Reallocation Request
- This form is to move allocated funds between line items for an event. Funds cannot be shifted between events
- Off-campus events are funded per-person and cannot be shifted between persons
- Budgetary Statutes
- This is the guiding document that the Finance Board follows for decision making; statutes start on page 12 (after the last page of Budgetary Policy)
- Liaison System Contacts
- Each student organization is assigned a Finance Board Liaison who they can reach out to for Finance Board Related Questions
- Student Organization Resource Center (SORC)
- SGA run resource center that has equipment and materials that student organizations can use for free, in order to free up your allocated funding to buy things that are not in SORC. In order to check out materials from SORC, you’ll need to complete and submit this form.
- Digital Media Lab (Free Student Rentals)
- Provides all UMBC students, faculty, and staff with tools to create and edit new and re-use existing audio, video and graphic design objects. Equipment includes cameras, tripods, microphones, projector, and lights.
Questions?
For general UMBC student organization questions: studentorgs@umbc.edu
For Finance Board questions: financeboard@umbc.edu