JFC Funding Process Overview

Fiscal Year 2026-2027 (FY27)

This year's Joint Funding Committee (JFC) is responsible for allocating funds to organizations from Supplemental and Capital funding, which is accessible to organizations through the Common Funding Application. The JFC is also responsible for planning Fiscal Year 27 (Fall 2026 - Spring 2027). 

JFC Funding Process

Student Government has passed a reorganization of how the JFC allocates funding for organizations. The JFC still only funds Student Government Recognized Organizations only. More information about the changes that were proposed are linked here. This transition moves us from a budget line item funding system to a tier + supplemental funding system. The tier allocations are linked here. 

Timeline

• Supplemental Funding: Rolling Basis
• Capital Funding: Rolling Basis
• End of Year Report: Launches Early Spring

Main Tiers
There 8 different funding tiers, starting at $0 in funding and in increasing amounts. The JFC worked throughout FY 24-25 to determine the exact number of tiers, and the amount of funding in each tier. This was ratified by the Graduate Student Assembly and the Undergraduate Senate during the 2025 Joint Ratification Meeting. 
 ● Tier A: $0
 ● Tier B: $500
 ● Tier C: $1000
 ● Tier D: $2500
 ● Tier E: $5000
 ● Tier F: $9000
 ● Tier G: $13000
 ● Tier H: $18000
 ● General Exceptions Tier: >$20k
 ● Campus Services & Traditions Tier: fixed % of student activities fees pool

Tier Exceptions
While most organizations fall within the Main Tiers (those labeled with letters), some organizations have significantly larger budgets than those within the Main Tiers and will be assessed differently in Tier Exceptions. There are two types of Tier Exceptions: General Exceptions and Campus Services & Traditions Exceptions.

General Exceptions Tier
This category of organizations represents organizations with a repeated financial history of receiving >$20K from the JFC. These groups have a demonstrated financial need specific to the elements of their organization and require an exception to apply in order to continue to allow them to receive >$20K.

Campus Services & Traditions Tier
9 organizations at CMU provide an all-campus service or are an overarching governing organization for one of our campus traditions. These organizations have variable funding from one another, but what they have in common is a stable set of expenses to perform their set of responsibilities. Given the all-campus nature of their work, these organizations are considered an exception in the tier system and will receive permanent funding as a fixed percentage of allocated student activities fees.

• Activities Board
• WRCT
• Activities Fair
• The Tartan
• cmuTV
• Sweepstakes
• Spring Carnival
• AB Tech
• EMS

While outside of the tiered system timeline, these organizations are held to the expectations of the highest available tier and are funded as a percentage of the total available activities fee.

New Organization Funding

Newly recognized organizations will automatically be eligible for $500 in funding at recognition, if requested. However, organizations must apply during the EYR to be considered for Tier B: $500, otherwise will be automatically considered part of Tier A: $0. For FY26, organizations that were recognized in S25 will be able to request a tier through the Common Funding Application, instead of waiting for the EYR. 

Funding will come from the account that holds funding used towards supplemental funding, however upon recognition, an organization does not need to apply through the JFC Supplemental Funding Board.