Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment Budget
FY2010 (July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010)
FORGE is a service-based organization whose missions are to empower lives of local refugees resettled to Pittsburgh and to advocate for refugee issues. FORGE strives to achieve these missions through four objectives: 1) Provide educational and acculturation-related opportunities for refugees relocated to Pittsburgh via student-family partnerships 2) Educate CMU and the greater Pittsburgh community about refugees 3) Advocate for solutions to refugee problems 4) Empower both students and refugees as agents of social change
JFC Rep:
Summary
| Requested | |
|---|---|
| Expenditures | $1,110.00 |
| Capital | $0.00 |
| Revenue | ($325.00) |
| Final | $785.00 |
| Recommended | |
|---|---|
| Expenditures | $1,110.00 |
| Capital | $0.00 |
| Revenue | ($325.00) |
| Final | $785.00 |
| Final | |
|---|---|
| Expenditures | $1,110.00 |
| Capital | $0.00 |
| Revenue | ($325.00) |
| Debt | ($0.00) |
| Rollover | ($0.00) |
| Total Subsidy | $785.00 |
| FY10 Starting Balance | $785.00 |
Revenue
| Object Code | Requested | Recommended | Final | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Sales (-) | $200.00 | $200.00 | $200.00 |
Krispy Kreme Sale |
| Other Sales (-) | $25.00 | $25.00 | $25.00 |
T-shirt sale of shirts that were left over from previous year |
| Events and Activities (-) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
We predict our sale this week of new t-shirts at our BHM event, will raise this amount. |
| Sub-Total | -$325.00 | -$325.00 | -$325.00 |
| Object Code | Requested | Recommended | Final | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Supplies (+) | $60.00 | $60.00 | $60.00 |
We use art as a means to promote awareness on campus. Our members painted a poster that was on display for the Unity of Faiths event held last semester; we need a standard set of materials. |
| Paper Supplies (+) | $50.00 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
We require a great deal of paper supplies to be consistent with our meeting activities and awareness initiatives. |
| Copying and Reproduction External (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
This accounts for a great part of our expenditures, we regularly poster refugee facts around campus. We also heavily use our copying allocations to promote Black History Month. |
| Printing & Publishing External (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
This coming year we want to put out a regular FORGE newsletter in order to promote awareness of our events, our activities within Pittsburgh and global refugee news. |
| Shipping (+) | $50.00 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
We need shipping funds in order to better understand the cultures of the refugees that come to Pittsburgh, as we plan to purchase different cultural items for members of FORGE. |
| Refreshments (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
We purchase refreshments for our events with the refugees such as our Halloween party, and dinner party with the Butanese refugees. We also acculturate our new members by catering from Abay. |
| Books (+) | $50.00 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
We want to provide our members with books that could help them better understand the situations of different refugees, as this as an integral part of helping refugees adjust to life in a new culture. |
| Travel Local (+) | $200.00 | $200.00 | $200.00 |
We initiated a new program with the JFCS in which members tutor refugee families weekly. These families are located in areas without easy bus access; we need transportation funds. |
| Conference/Tournament Reg Domestic (+) | $200.00 | $200.00 | $200.00 |
This year we have a guest speaker, Panther Bior, as a guest speaker for Black History Month. Last year, UPitt hosted the Refugee Warehousing Conference, which we want to host next year. |
| Rental-Equipment (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
This year we concentrated on speakers, but next year we want to bring concerts back as well. We had two concerts last year and we had AB tech set up for us. |
| Student Programs-Other Expense (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 |
Now that we are bigger, we want to take advantage of working with other larger CMU affiliations, such as the office of the Dean of Student Affairs in order to promote awareness on campus. |
| Sub-Total | $1,110.00 | $1,110.00 | $1,110.00 |
By Object Code
| Object Code | Requested | Recommended | Final | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books (+) | $50.00 | $50.00 | $50.00 | We want to provide our members with books that could help them better understand the situations of different refugees, as this as an integral part of helping refugees adjust to life in a new culture. |
| Conference/Tournament Reg Domestic (+) | $200.00 | $200.00 | $200.00 | This year we have a guest speaker, Panther Bior, as a guest speaker for Black History Month. Last year, UPitt hosted the Refugee Warehousing Conference, which we want to host next year. |
| Copying and Reproduction External (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | This accounts for a great part of our expenditures, we regularly poster refugee facts around campus. We also heavily use our copying allocations to promote Black History Month. |
| Events and Activities (-) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | We predict our sale this week of new t-shirts at our BHM event, will raise this amount. |
| Office Supplies (+) | $60.00 | $60.00 | $60.00 | We use art as a means to promote awareness on campus. Our members painted a poster that was on display for the Unity of Faiths event held last semester; we need a standard set of materials. |
| Other Sales (-) | $200.00 | $200.00 | $200.00 | Krispy Kreme Sale |
| Other Sales (-) | $25.00 | $25.00 | $25.00 | T-shirt sale of shirts that were left over from previous year |
| Paper Supplies (+) | $50.00 | $50.00 | $50.00 | We require a great deal of paper supplies to be consistent with our meeting activities and awareness initiatives. |
| Printing & Publishing External (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | This coming year we want to put out a regular FORGE newsletter in order to promote awareness of our events, our activities within Pittsburgh and global refugee news. |
| Refreshments (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | We purchase refreshments for our events with the refugees such as our Halloween party, and dinner party with the Butanese refugees. We also acculturate our new members by catering from Abay. |
| Rental-Equipment (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | This year we concentrated on speakers, but next year we want to bring concerts back as well. We had two concerts last year and we had AB tech set up for us. |
| Shipping (+) | $50.00 | $50.00 | $50.00 | We need shipping funds in order to better understand the cultures of the refugees that come to Pittsburgh, as we plan to purchase different cultural items for members of FORGE. |
| Student Programs-Other Expense (+) | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | Now that we are bigger, we want to take advantage of working with other larger CMU affiliations, such as the office of the Dean of Student Affairs in order to promote awareness on campus. |
| Travel Local (+) | $200.00 | $200.00 | $200.00 | We initiated a new program with the JFCS in which members tutor refugee families weekly. These families are located in areas without easy bus access; we need transportation funds. |
By Ocode
| Requested | |
|---|---|
| Books | $50.00 |
| Conference/Tournament Reg Domestic | $200.00 |
| Copying and Reproduction External | $100.00 |
| Events and Activities | $100.00 |
| Office Supplies | $60.00 |
| Other Sales | $225.00 |
| Paper Supplies | $50.00 |
| Printing & Publishing External | $100.00 |
| Refreshments | $100.00 |
| Rental-Equipment | $100.00 |
| Shipping | $50.00 |
| Student Programs-Other Expense | $100.00 |
| Travel Local | $200.00 |
| Recommended | |
|---|---|
| Books | $50.00 |
| Conference/Tournament Reg Domestic | $200.00 |
| Copying and Reproduction External | $100.00 |
| Events and Activities | $100.00 |
| Office Supplies | $60.00 |
| Other Sales | $225.00 |
| Paper Supplies | $50.00 |
| Printing & Publishing External | $100.00 |
| Refreshments | $100.00 |
| Rental-Equipment | $100.00 |
| Shipping | $50.00 |
| Student Programs-Other Expense | $100.00 |
| Travel Local | $200.00 |
| Final | |
|---|---|
| Books | $50.00 |
| Conference/Tournament Reg Domestic | $200.00 |
| Copying and Reproduction External | $100.00 |
| Events and Activities | $100.00 |
| Office Supplies | $60.00 |
| Other Sales | $225.00 |
| Paper Supplies | $50.00 |
| Printing & Publishing External | $100.00 |
| Refreshments | $100.00 |
| Rental-Equipment | $100.00 |
| Shipping | $50.00 |
| Student Programs-Other Expense | $100.00 |
| Travel Local | $200.00 |
Summary
| Requested | |
|---|---|
| Expenditures | $1,110.00 |
| Capital | $0.00 |
| Revenue | ($325.00) |
| Final | $785.00 |
| Recommended | |
|---|---|
| Expenditures | $1,110.00 |
| Capital | $0.00 |
| Revenue | ($325.00) |
| Final | $785.00 |
| Final | |
|---|---|
| Expenditures | $1,110.00 |
| Capital | $0.00 |
| Revenue | ($325.00) |
| Debt | ($0.00) |
| Rollover | ($0.00) |
| Total Subsidy | $785.00 |
| FY10 Starting Balance | $785.00 |