What is it?
Leaderfund is an upfront purchasing program facilitated through the Student Government Association at UTSA. It is designed to provide financial support for Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) and their prospective events and initiatives. This fund also supports leadership development or learning opportunities for students or events that contribute to an increased sense of campus community. Purchasing is allocated at the discretion of the Student Government Association financial affairs committee.
Put Simply?
Your organization submits an proposal for an event or leadership oppourtunity, and, if the event is good for the student body or organizatios development, we will supply fund it at the discretion of SGA's finance committee.
Do we qualify
- Your RSO must be registered with the Student Involvement Center and in good standing with the university.
- Planning and implementation of your event must be exclusively student-run.
- Your RSO must submit your application within 30 days of the activity occurring.
- On-campus activities must be open to all UTSA students.
- If a person in your organization is receiving funds to attend a conference or off-campus event, they must be a registered student in good academic and disciplinary standing.
- Your RSO has to have ORIGINAL receipts or quotes of all expenditures.
How much can we get?
An RSO can be allocated up to $750 per academic school year.
Anything Leaderfund doesn't cover?
- BestFest or Día en la Sombrilla booth fees and supplies
- Individual student expenses (must be an RSO)
- Day-to-day operations
- Organization start-up costs
- Expenses incurred by UTSA faculty/staff including Advisors
- Fundraising activities
- Gifts or loans of any kind
- Off-campus advertising
- Support of any political candidate or campaign
- Per diem allocations
- Travel Expenses
- Expenses tied to fundraising
- Personal subscriptions, personal memberships, or group memberships
- Any photography and/or videography expenses
- Charities, scholarships, philanthropic efforts, or any form of organizational/personal gain
- Direct or indirect support of litigation against the University
- Private events
How do we apply?
- First, put together an event or activity; submit your conference details
- Before you apply, make sure you have these things to speed up the process:
- A representative we can contact (phone/email)
- Your organizations bank account information
- Your event name, date, and location
- The amount you are requesting and a breakdown of those costs
- A summary of your event (in a word document)
- A one-page letter of support from your advisor about the event
- Scans of your original receipts (These will be used to process the application, and we will need the physical copies later on)
- Apply on Rowdy Link. To get to the application:
- Log into RowdyLink using your abc123 ID
- Click the "Leaderfund Request Form" on the "Student Government Association (SGA)" page
- Fill out all necessary steps, and submit request
The application is submitted. Now what?
Your online application will be processed by SGA. We will contact you to schedule a hearing with the finance committee. At that point, we will collect the hard copy of your receipts. We will ask you some questions about your RSO's event and make sure it qualifies for Leaderfund. The finance committee will then decide whether a reimbursement will be made. If approved, Leaderfund will deposit the funds in your account within 4-6 weeks.
For more information, please contact our Treasurer (sga@utsa.edu)
Fall 2025 Applications must be submitted by November 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM for full consideration
