New Scholarship Budgeting: Greater Flexibility for Athletic Departments

You’ve asked and we’ve listened! We’re excited to announce a significant enhancement to General Manager’s scholarship management capabilities. Our new Scholarship Budgeting feature gives you unprecedented control over how you allocate funds to student-athletes.

Dollar-Based Budgeting: A More Flexible Approach

Gone are the days of rigid scholarship quotas. Now you can define scholarship budgets based on total dollars available, giving you the flexibility to distribute funds across teams exactly where they’re needed. For example, instead of being limited to a set number of scholarships for your football program, you can now work with a total budget (e.g., $2M) and allocate those funds more strategically across your roster.

Introducing Scholarship Packages

We’ve also streamlined the scholarship creation process with our new Scholarship Packages feature. No more juggling multiple spreadsheets across departments! Your financial aid and compliance administrators can now:

• Create an unlimited number of predefined packages within General Manager
• Customize packages with specific allocations for tuition, books, room and board, and other expenses
• Develop specialized packages (e.g., In-State, Off-Campus Graduate) that precisely match your institution’s offerings

This system ensures consistency while giving coaches and GMs easy access to approved package options when building their budgets.

Why This Matters

This update responds directly to the evolving needs of collegiate athletic departments:

• Greater financial flexibility in scholarship distribution
• Streamlined administration through predefined packages
• Improved compliance through standardized options
• Enhanced visibility across your entire scholarship budget

We’re committed to providing features that make your job easier while helping you maximize the impact of your scholarship dollars. To learn more about implementing dollar-based budgeting in your department, contact your Product Success Manager. If you’re not yet using General Manager, please contact us to equip your team with the only integrated platform for budgets, contracts, and payments.