Requesting Money

If you have an idea for Will Rice that you need money to accomplish there are three ways to obtain funds:

The first way is to contact a relevant committee. Check out the committee poster in the commons or the committee members under the Student Leadership section of the website to see who you can talk to.

If your idea does not fall under a committee category, or the relevant committee does not have sufficient funds to make it happen there are two options for requesting money: The Diet Fund and the Treasurers Idea Fund.
  • The Diet Fund has a total of $3000 to be used throughout the year. Most money requests go to the Diet Fund.
  • The Treasurer Idea Fund has a total of $200 that is typically used on 1-2 events.
If your idea is a large-scale event or major purchase, request from the Diet Fund; if your idea is a small-scale event or a minor purchase, request from the Treasurer Idea Fund.

Diet Fund

To request money from the Diet Fund:

  1. Create a budget and write up a description of the funding breakdown.
    • Description must include: What each item is, What it will be used for, Cost per item and number of items, Where you’re expecting to buy the items, and lastly how your request will benefit the Will Rice Community.
  2. Email the President + Treasurers with your money request and budget breakdown by 11:59PM the day before Diet.
  3. Email the President (wrcpres@gmail.com) a slide containing your request and your budget breakdown by noon on the day of Diet.
  4. Come present at Diet! You need a majority approval from your voting members.
    • If your proposal is less than $200, you can present at an Executive Council meeting and it will be voted on the following Diet.
    • If your proposal is over $200, it will be a two Diet process. You will present your proposal at the first Diet, then it will be voted on 2 weeks later.

Treasurers Idea Fund

To request money from the Treasurers Idea Fund:

  1. Create a budget and write up a description of the funding breakdown.
    • Description must include: What each item is, What it will be used for, Cost per item and number of items, Where you’re expecting to buy the items, and lastly how your request will benefit the Will Rice Community.
  2. Come talk to the Treasurers about your idea. You only need approval from the two treasurers to use this fund!