USG is vowing to reduce the amount it donates in an effort to tighten its budget.”We are not a funding board,” said John Carney, USG president.In the past, USG has donated large sums of money to projects and programs that it had no direct involvement with.”We’ve dumped a lot of money into other projects that we could have used for us,” said Amy Minardo, a USG senator.The new budget bill, which was passed by the organization, allows for USG to give no more than $500 in donations per quarter. But some members disagreed with this. Ethan Cutler, USG senator, said that USG could be penalizing good projects.”We could see good projects early in the quarter, but be afraid to give money to them,” he said.Cutler argued that the bill should be amended to allow for $1500 per year. The bill also states that if the $500 is not used within the quarter, it will carry over into the next quarter.”We could be afraid to donate to projects early on in the year, and end up with $1100 for Spring Quarter,” he said. Minardo said USG does donate a lot in the spring, so the new bill will prevent the group from spending too much at once. “We need to let people know that we are not just a cash cow, and that there are other sources (for money) out there,” said Chris Elsasser, USG senator.Although this year’s total budget has not been set, $43,000 is a close estimate, Carney said.Carney said that in the past the budget has been divided so that 60 percent goes to Cabinet and 40 percent to Senate.”This is not the wisest way of doing things,” he said.Carney also said the group understands that there are a number of things it must donate to, such as KBUX.