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TGIF Fee Renewal Referendum

In Spring 2024, the UC Davis student body voted to renew and reinstate the TGIF program. Starting Fall 2024, the TGIF program will resume accepting proposals for sustainability projects. 

The Green Initiative Fund in ASUCD Spring 2024 Elections

The Current State of TGIF:

As a result of the ASUCD Spring 2024 elections, TGIF has been renewed! TGIF will continue providing critical funding for student-centered environmental sustainability projects, internships, and sustainability programming and initiatives through the 2030-31 academic year. The UC Davis community will continue to benefit from the leadership and learning opportunities that TGIF provides to committee members and project participants.

What is The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF)? 

The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) was established at UC Davis in 2016, implementing a $3 quarterly fee for undergraduate students. TGIF was passed with a ‘Sunset Clause’, requiring renewal in the Spring of 2021. The TGIF fee gives students the opportunity to propose and execute projects that help advance UC Davis’s sustainability goals and benefit the UC Davis community, while providing valuable transferable skills and professional experience to TGIF committee members (stewards of the TGIF fund). Since 2016, TGIF has funded 112 projects that support educational opportunities, promote environmental awareness, increase energy and water efficiency here on campus, and more. Check out our Granted Projects Database to explore the types of projects TGIF has funded in the past! 

Due to COVID and lack of student participation in Spring 2021, the renewal of the TGIF was unable to be passed, meaning no fees were received for the 2021 year. In the 2023-24 year, TGIF was running off of the money in reserves. To continue existing and funding sustainability projects, TGIF needed at least 20% of the undergraduate population to vote and 60% of them to vote YES in the Spring 2024 ASUCD elections. During the Spring 2024 election cycle, there was a 23.7% voter turnout, with 87.9% voting in favor of TGIF! This new referendum includes a reinstatement of a $3.50 per quarter fee, as well as a $0.50 increase in the fee per each following quarter. The gradual fee increases would allow TGIF to provide funding for more projects, as well as address inflation as time passes.

 

TGIF was created for students, by students. 

Thank you for voting in the ASUCD Spring 2024 Election!