About Us

Tangible Change aims to foster community-building within the University’s undergraduate population by funding collaborative inter-group events that bring together disparate, Penn-affiliated audiences.  For the 2006-2007 academic year, Tangible Change awarded nearly $40,000 to over 20 independent events. 

Tangible Change Funding Guidelines

1.       Tangible Change does not fund parties, closed events, speaker’s events, fundraisers or events at which alcohol is present. 

2.       Tangible Change only funds events hosted in collaboration by student groups or events that specifically reach out to different segments of Penn’s undergraduate community.  Collaborating organizations are expected to be equal partners in the planning of an event. 

3.       Tangible Change expects that proposal coordinators have already searched for other funding resources by the time of the proposal's submission.

4.       Tangible Change reviews itemized budgets on a need-versus-want basis.

5.       Tangible Change reserves the right to refuse proposals by organizations who are major sponsors of two or more Tangible Change-funded proposals from the same academic year.

6.       All publicity materials of programming co-sponsored by Tangible Change must bear the Tangible Change name and logo.  Download the logo as a printable .eps file here: http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~tchange/logo.eps.

7.       Tangible Change does not fund retroactively.

Additional Information

Tangible Change came about in 1999 to allow student leaders to come together and create events that enliven the Penn community.  Currently, Tangible Change includes representatives from the following organizations: Social Planning and Events Committee (SPEC), Student Activities Council (SAC), Undergraduate Assembly (UA), All 4 Class Boards, Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC), Panhellenic Council, Civic House Associates Coalition (CHAC), Asian Pacific Student Coalition (APSC), Latino Coalition, United Minorities Council (UMC), UMOJA, Kite & Key, Programs in Religion, Interfaith and Spirituality matters (PRISM), Multicultural Greek Council (MGC), Performing Arts Council (PAC), and Lambda Alliance.

Tangible Change receives its funding from the Vice Provost for University Life (VPUL) and not from Penn’s student government, unlike other student groups.  Because of our direct affiliation with VPUL, we have both more discretion in our funding decisions and freedom from the political mandates imposed by student government groups.