Frequently Asked Questions
Please refer to this collection of frequently asked questions as well as the rest of the website before reaching out to your Club Sport Consultants.
Please refer to this collection of frequently asked questions as well as the rest of the website before reaching out to your Club Sport Consultants.
Accessing Gift Accounts and Outside Funding
Click here for a resource guide on accessing your club's gift account and outside funding, if applicable.
Using Cornell's tax exempt status
All Club Sports are registered as Independent of Cornell. Independent organizations are not allowed to use Cornell's Tax Exemption ID Number.
Participating in Cornell Giving Day
The Club Sports Council works with the Alumni Affairs & Development office to send out information regarding Giving Day each spring semester. Initial information will go out by end of the fall semester. The final deadline to create a page is usually before the Spring Semester starts.
Adding funds into your group's CampusGroups Accounting Book (fundraisers, tournament fees, etc.)
The Club Sports Council works with the Alumni Affairs & Development office to send out information regarding Giving Day each spring semester. Initial information will go out by end of the fall semester.
f you are receiving checks as payment for a fundraiser or collecting tournament fees, please use the following information. If you are hosting a tournament, it is a best practice to have ALL paying attendees use this address to send their check directly.
Use this address to send checks to the SOBO Student Organization Business Office to process.
SCL BSC – SOBO
223 Thurston Ave, Suite 105
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14850
They will be deposited into your Accounting Book as Outside Funding.
Adding funds into your group's own bank account (fundraisers, tournament fees, etc.)
If you are looking for funds to be deposited into your organization's bank account from a fundraiser or collecting fees, you would have to provide the vendor (person paying) with your own W9 completed with the organization's EIN. If you don't know your EIN, it would be connected to your bank account when it was set up (unless someone used their own social security number which is not suggested). Unless the organization has not applied to be Tax Exempt (501(c)3 status, Tax Exemption wouldn't apply.
Moving up or down tiers
In order to increase a tier, 90% of regular budget must be spent.
Submit a document showing what tournaments, games, or other events clubs plan to attend (this will help us determine if the increase is going towards the sort of spending we want to incentivize).
If you spend 50% or less of your allocation, you will likely be moved down a tier pending an opportunity to justify the "off year".
