AU student groups will now be able to apply for larger budgets monthly instead of annually, according to AU Club Council Chair Katelyn Hurley.
The AUCC released its budget allocations for the remaining days of September and all of October.
Under the new monthly budget system, clubs can submit proposed budgets on the 15th of the month and the AUCC will release their budget decisions around the 30th of that same month.
Mock Trial and the Debate Society both had the biggest allocated budgets, with $3,000 each, according to Hurley. Other groups with high monthly budgets include College Republicans and the Jewish Student Association, both of whom received $2,500.
The College Democrats did not receive funds from the AUCC this month because they did not submit their budget request in time, according to Hurley.
Clubs must submit their budget applications for November's funds by October 15th, and the allocations will be announced around the 30th of that month.
About 25 student groups got the minimum budget of $100, according to Hurley.
A total number of 76 student groups requested $200,000 overall, but the AUCC only allocated $46,865.10 this month, Hurley said.
She also said every group is guaranteed at least $100 when they apply, but no group can get a budget of more than $6,000 per month. Only one or two groups received the amount of money they requested.
Hurley said while most groups were only required to submit their proposed budget for the upcoming month, bigger groups were required to submit a tentative budget for the rest of the school year.
She also noted that certain factors affect how much the individual groups will get in their monthly budgets.
"We tend to give higher budget allocations to groups that have high membership, put on events that would appeal to the whole AU community, groups that make their members pay dues and groups that hold fundraising events to offset their own expenses," she said.
The AUCC budgeting system was changed largely because the annual system put smaller clubs at a disadvantage. Hurley hopes this new monthly budgeting system will allow smaller clubs to grow as they get bigger budgets.
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The following is a list of the September/October budgets for AU clubs:
Anime Society $250.00
Arabic Club $500.00
AU In Motion $1,200.00
Audio Engineering Society $100.00
Best Buddies $500.00
Bhangra $500.00
Buddhist Exploration Group $100.00
Catholic Student Association $1,200.00
Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship $1,000.00
College Republicans $2,500.00
Colleges Against Cancer $1,500.00
Debate Society $3,000.00
Dialogue Development Group $1,500.00
Dime a Dozen $120.10
Eco-Sense $1,400.00
Empower Congo $100.00
Facilitating Leadership in Youth $2,000.00
Fair Trade Student Association $100.00
Film Society $500.00
Gamers $500.00
German Club $100.00
Gospel Choir $2,000.00
Hellenic Society $100.00
International Business Club $100.00
International Communication Student Forum $220.00
International Development Program Student Association $200.00
InterVarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship $100.00
Italian Club $100.00
Jewish Student Association $2,500.00
Kogod Accounting Club $100.00
Kogod Finance Group (Undergrad) $500.00
Kogod Graduate Consulting $800.00
Kogod Women in Business $100.00
Korean Student Association $500.00
Latino and American Student Organization $1,000.00
Mission: Improv-able $300.00
Mock Trial $3,000.00
Model UN $400.00
Movement for Global Justice $1,000.00
National Black MBA $600.00
National Youth Rights Association $100.00
Negotiation Project $1,000.00
On a Sensual Note $1,500.00
OneVoice Movement $400.00
Oxfam America $200.00
Peace & Empowerment Project $600.00
Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity $500.00
Phillippine Student Association $200.00
Philosophical Society $100.00
Pre-Health Society $325.00
Project Nur $100.00
Public Relations Society Student Association $100.00
Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association $100.00
Queers and Allies $1,500.00
Rationalists & Athiests $100.00
Roosevelt Institute $500.00
Rude Mechanicals $700.00
Salsa Club $100.00
Social Media Club $400.00
Society for Peace & Conflict Resolution $100.00
South Asian Student Association $500.00
Spinoza Practice Club $150.00
Students for a Free Tibet $100.00
Students for Choice $400.00
Students for Israel $300.00
Students for Life $400.00
Swing Dance Club $500.00
The Gathering $900.00
Treble in Paradise $100.00
Turkish American Student Association $100.00
United Methodist Student Association $1,200.00
US Foreign Policy Association $100.00
Veterans of American University $1,000.00
Vietnamese Student Association $100.00
Zaron $100.00
Total: $46,865.10
