Finance Board
Chair: Anirudh Sailesh (Incoming) | Johnathan Kongoletos (Outgoing)
The UA Finance Board is responsible for allocating nearly $300,000 each year to the campus’s many student groups that mainly serve undergraduate students. The Chair of the Finance Board must work to manage a committee responsible for soliciting and reviewing applications from these groups, including meetings with the groups to discuss their applications. Further, the Chair will work with the UA Treasurer to present the Board’s allocation decisions to Council for final review.
Application Form (click here)
Please check what cycle it is on before submitting. Also note that applications need not be emailed to the board, as online submission is all that is required. The next application deadline for appeals to the Summer (July-September) Cycle is June 18, 2013 at 11:59 PM EDT.
The next application deadline for Medium Events Funding (MEF) for the Fall (July-December) Cycle is June 26, 2013 at 11:59 PM EDT. The application can be found here. See Article X of our Bylaws for more information.
Required Trainings
Each group must have at least the President or Treasurer attend both the Finboard Training and the SAO Training to be eligible to apply for funding.
Finboard Trainings: TBD
SAO Trainings: click here.
Office Hours
During Office Hours, members of Finboard will be available to answer any questions you might have. All Office Hours will take place in W20-401.
- 6/17 9-11pm
- 6/24 9-11pm
Current Regular Allocations
The regular allocations and appeals for the Summer 2013 cycle have been posted. The receipt deadline for the Spring Cycle is September 30, 2013. The appeals deadline for the Summer 2013 (July-September) cycle is June 18, 2013 at 11:59 PM EDT. The application for appeals is at the top of this page.
Current MEF Allocations
The MEF allocations for the Spring 2013 cycle have been posted. The next application deadline for Medium Events Funding (MEF) for the Fall (July-December) Cycle is June 26, 2013 at 11:59 PM EDT. The application can be found here. See Article X of our Bylaws for more information.
Members
| Name | Username | Liaison to | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan McDermott | mcdryan | Groups A, Cm-F | |
| Mike Veldman | veldman | Groups B-Cl | |
| Joyce Zhang | joyz | Groups G-K | |
| Eloho Akpovi | efakpovi | Groups L-M | |
| Alekhya Reddy | alekhya | Groups N-Z | |
| Jacobi Vaughn | jvaughn | ASA Treasurer | |
| Cory Hernandez (Incoming) George Bailey (Outgoing) |
cdh2014 ghbailey |
UA Treasurer | |
| Ani Sailesh (Incoming) John Kongoletos (Outgoing) |
asailesh jkongole |
Finboard Chair |
We encourage you to contact your group's liaison or finboard@mit with any questions you might have. If your section does not have a liaison listed, please email finboard@mit.
Publicity
All posters must include the UA Logo: [GIF] [PNG]. Additionally, all events funded by Finboard must be listed on events.mit.edu.
Useful Links
Please read the bylaws and policies! Many questions can be answered therein, and many common mistakes can be avoided by reading those documents!
- Finboard Bylaws, amended Feb 2012 [PDF]
- Finboard Policies, amended Feb 2013 [PDF]
- Finboard Training Presentation, amended Feb 2013 [PDF]
- Student Activities Office - finance information and training info
Useful for RFP questions
Regular Allocation Cycles
Finboard holds four regular allocation cycles throughout the calendar year. The cycles are:
- Winter, January-March
- Spring, April-June (current cycle)
- Summer, July-September
- Winter, October-December
MEF Allocation Cycles
Finboard holds two Medium Events Fund (MEF) allocation cycles throughout the calendar year. (For more information on MEF, please see the bylaws and policies below.) The cycles are:
- Spring, January-June (current cycle)
- Winter, July-December
Regular Allocations Archive
Access Old Applications
| Year | Winter Allocations | Winter Appeals | Spring Allocations | Spring Appeals | Summer Allocations | Summer Appeals | Fall Allocations | Fall Appeals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | PDF [XLS] | PDF [XLS] | PDF [XLS] | PDF [XLS] | PDF [XLS] | - | - | - |
| 2012 | PDF [XLSX,chart] | N/A | PDF [XLSX] | PDF [XLSX] | PDF [XLSX] | PDF [XLSX] | PDF [XLS] | |
| 2011 | PDF [XLS] | N/A | PDF [XLS] | PDF [XLSX] | N/A | PDF [XLSX,graph] | PDF[XLSX] |
| Year | Fall Allocations | Fall Appeals | Spring Allocations | Spring Appeals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | PDF [XLS] | PDF [XLS] | ||
| 2009–10 | XLS | PDF [XLS] | PDF [XLS] | |
| 2008–09 | ||||
| 2007–08 | ||||
| 2006–07 | PDF (Start up 1 and 2) | |||
| 2005–06 | ||||
| 2004–05 | ||||
| 2003–04 | XLS | XLS | XLS | XLS |
| 2002–03 | XLS | XLS | ||
| 2001–02 | HTML | |||
| 2000–01 | HTML | HTML | ||
| 1999–00 | HTML | HTML | ||
| 1998–99 | HTML | HTML |
Finboard Only
This section is for Finboard members only.