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Student Organization Funding Agency (SOFA)

SOFA provides financial assistance to student organizations at UND so that can accomplish their goals.

Student organizations are eligible to apply for funding support through SOFA for events, programs, travel, equipment, operating expenses, virtual attendance, and publications. SOFA is funded and has oversight from the Student Senate.

2023 SOFA CONSTITUTION

SOFA Weekly Meetings

Tuesdays at 6 p.m. | Memorial Union Room 139

  • First Meeting of the Fall Semester: Tuesday, September 9th, 2025
  • All Operating Requests must be submitted by Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
  • No SOFA meeting:
    • Tuesday, November 11th, 2025
    • Tuesday, November 25th, 2025

SOFA Office Hours

 Memorial Union Suite 144 (Student Government & Student involvement Office)

  • Thursday |  12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Finance Forms and Balance Information

  • Cash Balances Report — for Student Organizations
  • Student Organization Reimbursement — contact the Student Involvement & Parent Programs (MU 144) office to process: kari.holter@UND.edu or 701.777.1929
    • Link to IRS W-9 Form
    • Withdrawal of Funds Form - submit to Student Involvement & Parent Programs (MU 144) office to process
    • Non-Employee/Student Travel Expense Form 
  • Student Organization Online Deposit Form
    •  Log-in using your UND credentials (same as Blackboard and Campus Connection)
    • Click on the eForms tile
    •  Fill out the required fields and submit form
    •  You will receive an email that your will need to print and include with deposit.
    • Bring funds in a sealed envelop along with the printed form and Form ID number written on envelope to Twamley 107 drop box.

Funding Resources

  1. Go to Involvement at UND
    • NOTE: Your student organization must be offically recognized by UND and in good standing. 
  2. Log in and click on your organization's icon
    • The button is on the left side bar (it is a small circle with a gear icon when you hover over it). 
    • Next, click the icon and select the "finance" option from the drop-down menu.

     3. Create Funding Request. On the top right corner, click the blue "create Funding Request" button.

     4. Read the instructions carefully and follow the steps below.  All SOFA requests are submitted using ONE form online. Once your SOFA request is submitted, a SOFA liasion will contact you to review your request and provide further instructions!

     5. SOFA meeting. Your request will be held in a pending status for one weekly meeting and be heard by SOFA at the following weekly meeting.

Contact SOFA with any questions!

Thank you for attending the recent Student Organization Funding Agency (SOFA) meeting. Now that SOFA has approved an allocation of money for your student organization, there are several steps necessary to ensure that your organization receives that money into its UND Student Organization on-campus account.

After your organization completes its travel, program, equipment, publication, or operations purchases for which you have been approved, complete your post report and submit expenses.

REMINDER: A post report is due 30 days after your travel, program, operations, or equipment purchase. 

1. Keep and make copies of ALL your expenses

  • Scall all your expenses and receipts into one PDF, if possible.  Receipts can be emailed or dropped off at the Student Involvment Office (Memorial Union 144) ONLY if they cannot be attached to the post report
  • If you are submitting a travel post report, make sure to include the students' ID numbers that traveled to the event!

2. Your post report will need to be completed online

  • go to involvement.und.edu, log in, click on the arrow with three lines on the top left corner, then click on "Forms" tab. 
  • Click "start" on SOFA Post-travel/equipment/operations/publications form

3. Reimbursement

  • Your organization will receive reimbursement of approved expenses up to the amount that SOFA allocated during the meeting at which you were approved. 
  • Your organization will not be reimbursed for more than the approved amount and will not be reimbursed for expenses that were not originally in your SOFA request. 

4. Assistance

  • For assistance with SOFA questions, post-reports, or reimbursements contact: 
  • Reese Furbur SOFA Chair
  • Kari Holter SOFA Advisor

  • Student Organization Funding Agency Constitution
  • Student Organization Funding Agency Bylaws

SOFA Agendas & Minutes

  • 2023-2024 Agendas
  • 2023-2024 Minutes
Office of Student Government
Memorial Union, Suite 144
2901 University Ave Stop 8389
Grand Forks, ND 58202
P 701.777.4200
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