Budget — GAPSA Archive

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Budget

The General Assembly of GAPSA authorizes the Division of Finance to use the budget. Budgeting is a dynamic process and includes these two: the provisional budget for summer and the annual budget after the carryover release. For any questions about the budget, please reach out to gapsa.budget@gapsa.upenn.edu.


Budget 2022-23

Some features of the 2022-23 budget are:

  • Increased the budget across the board, so that the newly-formed divisions can work on advocacy and programming initiatives,

  • Increased the amount of money given to G12 governments by 15%, and have accounted for an updated student headcount formula,

  • Greatly increased individual and group grants,

  • Included a $100,000 gift to the Graduate Emergency Fund,

  • An additional $7,000 to each of the Graduate Student Center and the Family Resource Center,

  • Giving $7,000 to 7 centers under University Life (6 Cultural Resource Centers, and Career Services), 1 center under Penn Global (ISSS).

  • Adjusted the encumbrance for executive compensation to account for the ongoing negotiations with the University Administration;

Please direct all your questions about the budget to gapsa.budget@gapsa.upenn.edu.

don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value
— Joe Biden