Given that SOFC funds are limited and policies do not align with the specific needs of every organization we serve, we work with 4 Campus Partners to coordinate supplementary funding support.
Center for Multicultural Affairs' Cultural Engagement Fund
This fund provides student organizations with financial support to develop and implement programs, which promote the arts, co-curricular education, health and wellness, multiculturalism and social justice, community service, and/or cross-cultural collaboration. The application process is run entirely by the Center for Multicultural Affairs. More information can be found here.
<aside> ⚠️ While SOFC Programming Funding is offered weekly throughout the semester, the Cultural Engagement Fund runs two funding rounds per semester. Therefore, it is imperative that groups plan ahead in order to not miss any deadlines. There are several culturally significant line items that the CEF can fund while SOFC cannot.
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Duke Partnership for Service's (dPS) Service Engagement Fund
This fund is a flexible funding source for service organizations or organizations engaging in service. To access any funds, organizations must apply through SOFC's Programming Fund process. Any expenses that SOFC cannot fund that align with the Service Engagement Fund's mission will be referred to the dPS fund. This will mainly include transportation, materials benefiting community partners, and expenses which may be funded by the SOFC Annual Budget but cannot be requested during the year with the SOFC Programming Fund.
Policy Updates:
Eligibility:
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Application Steps:
The application is simply an optional additional section of the SOFC programming application.
Decision Guidelines:
University Publication Board's (UPB) Bassett Fund
This fund is meant to support public lectures, special projects and/or experimental undertakings in the field of creative writing and communications arts as well as any expenses of undergraduate publications. To access any funds, organizations must apply through SOFC's process. Any expenses that SOFC cannot fund that align with the Bassett Fund's mission will be referred to the fund.
Eligibility
Funded Expenses:
Application Steps:
The application is simply an optional additional section of the SOFC programming application.