- Transportation
- Transportation to and from service sites in Durham
- Example: paying for Ubers to and from a Habitat for Humanity build site
- SOFC has directed all service-related transportation requests to dPS
- Note: dPS prefers service within the Research Triangle area (Durham, Wake, Orange, and Johnston counties), but long-distance service opportunities may still be funded
- Capital expenditures in the middle of the year
- Equipment, materials, etc. that will be kept and stored long-term
- Example: buying a new toolset halfway through the semester
- SOFC programming does not fund capital expenditures, only annual budgeting does
- Exclusive programming
- Expenses for service-related activities that are not open to all Duke undergraduates
- Example: buying supplies for an exclusive volunteer activity for an SLG
- Example: general body meeting for a service group
- SOFC programming only funds open events
- Note: dPS still prefers that service activities be open to all Duke undergraduates, if possible
- Conferences and educational events
- Expenses for conferences, speaker series, and educational events
- Example: plane tickets and hotel room bookings to send a few students to a service-related conference
- SOFC programming only funds open events
- Materials for community partners
- Supplies, food, etc. for members of the community whom students are actively working with/for
- Example: in an art enrichment service event, buying art kits for local children to use and keep
- Example: buying small gift cards to compensate community partners who have invested a lot of time and energy into working alongside Duke students
- Note: this does not include direct donations without meaningful engagement
- SOFC only funds materials that directly go to Duke students
- Philanthropic events
- Supplies for fundraisers and philanthropic events
- Example: buying flour and eggs for a bake sale
- SOFC programming does fund philanthropic events, but the funding available might be limited
- Other service-related expenses
- If there is a funding need that is not explicitly stated here, please apply for a MiniGrant anyways. We mainly fund the above items, but we may choose to fulfill other funding requests as well.
NOTE: Starting Fall 2021, dPS is no longer funding donations to community partners or community organizations. Donations were funded during the 2020-2021 school year purely because most service activities were shut down at the time.