Fundraising

Fundraisers
Permission to hold any function or event for profit must be obtained from the Director or Associate Director of PuLSE. Here is the Fundraising Proposal Form, which is also available in the PuLSE office and requires the signature of the faculty/staff advisor and Director of Greek Life for Greek chapters.  Forms should be turned in to the PuLSE office at least two weeks before the fundraiser begins. The forms should be completed for all fundraisers, whether the student organization is raising money for its own use or for an outside charity. The form also applies to in-kind donations and donation drives.   Once a fundraising form is turned in, approval will be sent out in the form of an email.

Any organization sponsoring such events is responsible for all incurred debts. All funds derived from the fundraiser must be deposited into the student organization account at the PuLSE office. Disbursements from these funds are to be processed by the PuLSE office as well. The only exception to this is if a group is collecting donations in the form of checks for a charity and those checks are made out directly to the charity. All fundraisers must conform to the Butler University Student Handbook and avoid demeaning sexual, racial, or other discriminatory references and not promote the abuse of alcohol.

It is the policy of Butler University that outside groups wishing to sell on campus must be sponsored by a student organization. A portion of the proceeds are to be turned over to the sponsoring student organization. No credit card solicitation is allowed on campus. There are certain restrictions to food and other outside vendors due to campus-wide contracts which include Pepsi. Outside groups brought in for fundraising purposes must be approved by the Director of the PuLSE Office. Outside groups brought in for fundraising purposes must be approved by the Director of PuLSE. Groups are only allowed to sponsor one outside group per year. A member of the sponsoring organization must be with the outside group the entire time the group is on campus. Groups may only reserve space in and around Atherton Union for external groups. For sale of products within the residence halls, the approval of the Director of Residence Life is required. Groups seeking assistance in planning a fundraiser may contact the PuLSE Office.

Student organizations must comply with the roadside solicitation policy of Marion County which does not allow solicitation of funds within 50 feet of an intersection controlled by an automated traffic signal or stop sting, as well as the Indiana codes that does not allow stopping or impeding traffic for the solicitation of funds.