Closing Procedures-Student Government - Carnegie Mellon University

Closing Procedures

At the end of every year, the Student Body Vice President for Finance closes out the books for organizations that receives JFC subsidies. The SBVPF follows a set of guidelines to ensure equity and fairness.

Budget Rollover

Form for Rollover will be available soon

Submitted a Budget Rollover Application

If the money that you are requesting to be rolled over originates from extraordinary fundraising, then the SBVPF will rollover the amount of money deposited in your organization and gifts account less the amount of expected fundraising. The latter number can be found on BudgetTracker. If the difference is negative, no funds will be rolled over unless there is a special circumstance.

If the money that you are requesting to be rolled over originates from your previous JFC subsidy, then you will be asked why the money was not spent and what it will be spent towards during the next fiscal year. The final decision will be up to the discretion of the SBVPF.

Did not Submit a Budget Rollover Application

If the balance of your gift and organization accounts combined is larger than your JFC subsidy for the respective fiscal year, then your entire JFC subsidy will be returned, but not the amount above and beyond the subsidy amount. If the combined amount is less than your JFC subsidy, all the money in the account will be returned.


Debt Forgiveness

Form for debt forgiveness will be available soon

Submitted a Debt Forgiveness Application

If the debt incurred was under 10% of your JFC subsidy, the debt will be forgiven in most circumstances, but is at the discretion of the SBVPF. If the amount is larger, each circumstance will be looked at on a case by case basis. 

Did not Submit a Debt Forgiveness Application

The SBVPF will get in touch with your organization to see what happened and assess why your organization ended in debt. We have a set of predefined metrics that govern how we forgive debt and put people on probation. Factors include why your organization is in deficit, how many years your organization has ended with a deficit, the amount and precedence of the debt, the clarity and practices of your organization's accounting. Without filling out the form, no debt will be forgiven.