C&F Policies & Restrictions

This page details funding policies and a list of common items that are restricted from being purchased by any club.

Breach of the below policies on restricted items will be considered as a Honor Code and/or Community Standards violation. Such violation may lead to disciplinary hearing and action being undertaken against individuals willfully ignoring such policies.

Spending Restrictions by Funding Source

Items marked with an "x" indicate that item cannot be purchased using that funding source

C&F Pre-Approved Funding

C&F Additional Funding

External Funding

Swag Items for Students, Faculty, Staff, & Guests from Yale's list of approved vendors

X

X

Gift Cards, pre-paid cards, cash

X

X

 X

Hard Liquor

X

X

X

School-wide End of Year/Welcome Parties

X

X

X

Luxury Travel/Accomodation

X

X

X

Closed, Private, or Member-only Meetings/Events

X

X

Speaker fees, Travel & speaker Accommodation

X

X

Honoraria

X

X
Transportation Costs X X
Hotel Accomodations for Students X X
Paying for events that cover non-SOM students (excluding SOM-Student Partners) X X
Licenses/subscription fees X X
Equipment/Books X X
Conferences and Conference Registration Fees X X
Events that cost more than $100 per attendee X X
Social Events with an Attendance Size Larger than 150 X X
Club Membership Fees (i,e, Yale Club of NYC) X X X
Van/SVU Rentals X
Honoraria X X
Supporting charities/non-profits X X X
Venmo/Zelle to Venmo/Zelle Transactions X X X

Spending Limits (Per-Person)

Lunch

  • C&F  Funding: $11
  • External Funding: $100

Lunch Off-Campus

  • C&F Funding: $15
  • External Funding: $100

Dinner

  • C&F Funding: $20
  • External Funding: $100

Small Group Dinner (Approx. 5 -12 attendees, including food, drink, tip and tax)

  • C&F Funding: $20
  • External Funding: $100

Please note: Each attendee is responsible for any purchase beyond the $20pp amount.

Swag (Including tax and shipping)

Please follow these required steps to proceed with the purchase:

  • Ben Mattison in SOM Communications must approve all orders that include the use of the Yale logo or any Yale design.
  • The approval email must be attached to the corresponding payment transaction. This requirement applies to all items, including those that have been ordered in the past.
  • This requirement applies to all items, including those that have been ordered in the past.

You must use a licensed vendor for both the purchase and design of the item(s).

Items MUST be shipped to a Yale address only.

  • C&F Funding: Prohibited
  • External Funding: $100

Honoraria for Student Club Conference Keynote Speaker or Moderator only.

The full Honoraria policy can be found here.

  • C&F Funding: Prohibited
  • External Funding: $500