{"id":425,"date":"2025-12-08T16:44:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/fins\/?page_id=425"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:44:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:44:31","slug":"spending-definitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/fins\/financial-transparency\/spending-definitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Spending Definitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-funds\">Funds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Unrestricted Funds<\/strong>: Current funds budgeted for College operations.&nbsp; These funds are generated by tuition and other student fees, and through departmental and student activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Auxiliary Funds<\/strong>: Funds generated by self-supporting activities, such as Athletics, Barracks, Bookstore, Cadet Store, Dining Hall, Faculty\/Staff Quarters, Infirmary, Laundry and Tailor Shop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Restricted Funds<\/strong>: Gift or grant funds received for specific purposes and legally restricted by donors, sponsors or other outside parties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Loan Funds<\/strong>: Fiduciary costs for administering loan activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Endowment Funds<\/strong>: Fiduciary costs for administrating endowment activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Unexpended Plant Funds<\/strong>: Monies used for capital projects, repairs and renovations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Retirement of Debt Funds<\/strong>: Monies used for debt payments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-programs\">Programs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Citadel expenses are aggregated in the following programs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Instruction<\/strong> \u2013 expenses for all activities that are part of The Citadel\u2019s instruction program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Research<\/strong> \u2013 expenses for activities specifically organized to produce research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Public Service<\/strong> \u2013 expenses for activities established to provide noninstructional services beneficial to individuals and groups outside of The Citadel.&nbsp; Community service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Academic Support<\/strong> \u2013 expenses for support services related to instruction, research and public service.&nbsp; Includes expenses for library, academic administration, academic information technology, and similar items.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Student Services<\/strong> \u2013 includes expenses for the following student service offices: admissions, registrar, financial aid, and counseling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Institutional Support<\/strong> \u2013 includes expenses related to executive management, fiscal operations, general administration, administrative information technology and public relations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Operation and Maintenance of Plant<\/strong> \u2013 all expenses for the administration, supervision, operation, maintenance, preservation and protection of The Citadel\u2019s physical plant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scholarships<\/strong> \u2013 expenses for student scholarships.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Endowments<\/strong> &#8211; fiduciary costs for administrating endowment activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Auxiliary Enterprises<\/strong> \u2013 expenses related to the operation of these Citadel auxiliaries: Athletics, Barracks, Bookstore, Cadet Store, Dining Hall, Faculty\/Staff Quarters, Infirmary, Laundry and Tailor Shop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Withholdings\/Deposits<\/strong> &#8211; Employee payroll withholdings remitted to appropriate entity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funds Programs Citadel expenses are aggregated in the following programs:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":694,"featured_media":0,"parent":423,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-425","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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