Community Service Mini Fund (CS Mini)

Funded by: ASUCLA Board of Directors Student Interaction Fund, specifically for allocation to community service projects

Overseen by: UASF Referendum

Funding Email: csminifund@usac.ucla.edu

Purpose:

The student program, activity, or service should advocate for, assist, and/or provide direct services for underserved populations and historically disadvantaged groups. It should address a range of concerns such as education, poverty, food and housing insecurity, mental and physical health, social and racial justice.

What It Can Be Used For:

• Supplies necessary for your community service project’s programs or ongoing activities.
• Food for service recipients.
• Admission tickets for service recipients.
• Partial transportation costs.

What It Cannot Be Used For:

• Honorariums.
• Food for volunteers.
• Admission tickets for volunteers.
• For example, if you plan to take your service recipients to a museum, we usually would fund their entrance tickets, but usually would not fund entrance tickets for your volunteers.
• Gifts for service recipients and volunteers that are deemed unnecessary for your service project.
• For example, we generally would not fund t-shirts for your organization. However, we would fund clothing intended for your homeless service recipients because that clothing is considered integral to your project.

Amount to Apply:

The maximum amount that the Committee may allocate per group/organization per hearing is $3,500.00.

Special Instructions:

• Any organization seeking Community Service Mini Funds may not receive funding from the USA Programming Fund for the same program or event.
• Any joint program or event may not receive funding from both the USA Programming Fund and Community Service Mini Fund.
• Use of electronic payment sources (Venmo, Zelle, Cash App, etc.) is not allowed and will not be accepted as documentation by Student Government Accounting. Students using these forms of payment will not be reimbursed.
• Evaluations will be sent out via a Google Form from CS Mini Fund. The evaluation must be completed within 2 weeks of the completion of the event. Failure to complete this will affect future eligibility for funding.

Winter 2024

Fall 2024

For more detailed information, please refer to the funding body spreadsheet.