Allocations

Budgets FY26:

This year’s SGB Allocations spring budget hearings will take place on April 3rd, 2025 beginning at 8:30PM. All budgets are due on March 30th at 11:59PM. As a reminder, Budgets are for long-term planning for student organizations and funding is for Fall Semester events. If you are looking to submit an event for week by week consideration, please follow the directions outlined under ‘How to Submit a Request’ under the Important Resources tab on the right.To submit a budget:

1. For each individual event or general expense, submit the form titled SGB Allocations FY26 Budgets: Request Form. Please submit a seperate form for each event/general expense. (https://cglink.me/2kn/s973)
2. After submitting all components of your budget, submit the form titled SGB Allocations FY26 Budgets: Summary Sheet. This will be an overview of your organization's budget, and list all event titles in priority order. (https://cglink.me/2kn/s972)

Please remember to have accurate and complete documentation for all line items. Budgets lacking sufficient documentation and justification will be ineligible for consideration.If you would like to meet with your liaison or me prior to submitting, please come by our office hours in the SGB office at WPU 848! Office hours can be found at sgb.pitt.edu/allocations.

Join Allocations!

• Allocations Committee Member: Apply by April 2nd at 11:59 pm
  • Do you want to make an impact at Pitt but are unsure where to start? Join the Student Government Board (SGB) Allocations Committee to provide financial assistance to student organizations in need! Develop leadership skills, foster strong campus connections, and manage the distribution of the Student Activities Fund

What is the Allocations Committee?

We recognize that all student organizations on campus play a vital role in shaping the Pitt student experience. The purpose of the Allocations Committee is to provide financial assistance by equitably distributing a portion of the $3.5 million Student Activities Fund to student organizations in need. The Committee consists of 13 undergraduate liaisons responsible for the Allocations process. To contact your liaison for help with a request, see the bottom of this page.

Student Organizations may request money through supplemental requests reviewed each week by Sunday at 11:59pm. Only a limited number of requests may be heard each week, and submission by the deadline does not guarantee a hearing that week. However, the Allocations Committee will try to work with organizations to meet deadlines as appropriate. The Committee meets Thursday nights to hear short presentations from each group that submitted a request.

For some requests, the Allocations Committee's decision is final. Requests over $2,000, as determined by the Allocations Manual, will be sent to the Board for further review at public meetings on Tuesday nights at 8:45 PM.

For Spring 2025, the Allocations Committee will hold hearings on the following dates (dates subject to change):

^ Requests submitted for this hearing date above $2,000 will not receive a final decision until Tuesday 3/11 due to University Spring Recess

* Tentative date and deadline for Spring Budgets. Spring Budgets are funding for the next fiscal year (FY26).

After submitting your request, you will be contacted by Allocations Chair Zhang by Wednesday at 6 pm with a hearing time. 

The Allocations supplemental request form has moved from Jotform to the ExperiencePitt platform! Please click the “supplemental request” link to visit ExperiencePitt to submit any requests. For more information about ExperiencePitt, including instructions for submission, see here or contact sgballocations@pitt.edu. If you have any feedback for SGB about ExperiencePitt, please submit it here!

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The Allocations Committee 

The Allocations Committee is comprised of a chairperson and twelve liaisons, whose role is to assist student groups in their utilization of the Allocations Process. The Chairperson holds ten office hours per week, and each liaison holds five office hours per week, during which they are available to answer questions, help with requests, and clarify policies and procedures. We strongly encourage every organization to consult their liaison before putting in a request. Please see below for a list of liaison group assignments and office hours.

It is highly recommended that organizations meet with their liaison before submitting a request. Please email your liaison if you are planning to attend their office hours. If you have any issues with submission or have any questions please contact us at sgballocations@pitt.edu