Funding and support
FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE TO REGISTERED STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
University Unions Student Event Center Events CoSponsorship Committee »
The Texas Exes Student Opportunity Fund »
Student Government Appropriations »
Texas Parents Student Organization Grants »
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The following companies host profit shares:
- Jason’s Deli (15% back and 3 locations in Austin) - sign up online here Will usually only approve events expected to have 50+ participants - must show proof of 501(c)3 tax exemption
- Plucker’s (2222 Rio Grande St. Ste 116) - contact manager by phone (512) 469-WING or in person
- Best to go in person during non-meal times when they are less busy
- Does not include alcoholic drinks
- Sign-up for a Wednesday Trivia Night and Plucker's will allow teams to sign-up under your organization - charge $5 per person per team and triple your profit!
- Panera Bread throws out their leftover baked goods for the day at their closing hour and will sometimes give them out to students!
Some companies will donate food to your events! For example…
- Chipotle (complete 12 weeks in advance), click here for more info
- Application must be completed online
- Austin's Pizza (complete 90 days in advance), click here for more info
- Requires a $80 deposit for Austin’s Pizza banner that must be on display at your event
- HEB (complete 8 weeks in advance), click here for more info - must show proof of 501(c)3 tax exemption
- Central Market (complete at least 8 weeks in advance), click here for more info
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- You can fill out a Community Partnership application either in person at the store, or online if you follow the link above and click ‘I have a donation request’ on the right)
Catering Companies with Excellent pricing:
- Catering By Chef Alvaro - Great for formal catering and affordable pricing. For menu and pricing click here. To cater any event our office isn’t already funding, please email your information to Chef Alvaro (valenciakitchen@hotmail.com), specify you are a registered org with CNS, and cc cnsstudentlifeassistant@austin.utexas.edu so we can verify that you are registered with us.
Approved UT catering companies
- Catering by Chef Alvaro
- Papa John's
- HEB
- Jason's Deli
- Tacodeli
