CSG Financial Transparency & History Dashboard
Every semester, students pay a student fee of $11.19, of which CSG receives $9.52. This number has risen over the years, and with that, the overall budget has as well. This financial transparency dashboard was created to give insight as to where your student fee goes from semester to semester, and how each administration chooses to spend it, including the types of policies to pursue. This dashboard covers 2019 through present.
Budget Breakdown per Semester
The total CSG budget varies due to changes in the number/cost of student fees, rollover, as well as other factors. CSG’s budget is heavily dependent on enrollment level, as well as the student fee at the time, leading to changes in budgets across administrations as depicted in the graph.
Every semester we receive fees and the Executive and Assembly collaborate on making a budget, typically a process led by the Treasurer, and passed through the Assembly. This pie chart breaks down the budget allocation for each semester.
A typical CSG administration runs from April of one year to March of the following. To contextualize the spending by administration, we have broken up the data into administrative terms (E.g. Sp/Su 25, F25, & W26 as one administration).
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The following stacked bar charts show how funds were proportionally distributed across categories. This allows you to compare spending patterns across semesters or administrative years, and see how each category contributed to the overall budget.
Fall 2025 Utilization Data
This chart shows what percentage of each CSG budget category was spent relative to its total allocation.
EDF-Specific Allocation
Frequently Asked Questions
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SOC
Holds all funds for allocation to Registered Student Organizations by the Student Organization Committee This is broken down into SOFC (Student Organization Funding Committee) and WCG (Wolverine Consulting Group) funds.
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Payroll
Used to pay CSG staff
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Operations
Used to supply the CSG offices and fund operational expenses of CSG
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Need Based Compensation
Under the provisions of A.R. 9-015, CSG members are entitled to need based compensation as determined by Pell Grant and Work Study eligibility.
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Executive Discretionary Fund (EDF)
Used for making disbursements by the Executive Team and funding the CSG Commissions
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Legislative Discretionary Fund (LDF)
Used by the Assembly for expenditures on projects, events, or activities with CSG involvement​
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Election Operations
Used to fund the election event (tables, vote platform, etc) each Winter semester
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Public Elections Fund
Used to fund the administration of university-wide student elections for CSG positions. Reimbursement to candidates
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Airbus
Used to fund the operations of the CSG airBus transportation program for students traveling between the Ann Arbor campus and DTW airports
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Earmarks
Used to house scholarship monies not yet awarded; E.g. WSJ and NYT Cooking and Games Transfers
Programming
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SMPSEC
SMPSEC is the Sexual Misconduct Prevention Survivor Empowerment Commission and they
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DEAC
DEAC is the Disability Empowerment and Accessibility Commission and they
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Policy
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CDO
The Chief Diversity Officer
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Special Projects
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Internal Affairs
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Communications
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Government Relations
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Presidential Initiatives
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