Consistent with several past decisions, the Student Services Finance Committee denied the Roman Catholic Foundation of the University of Wisconsin eligibility to receive funding.

SSFC met Thursday to address funding eligibility of three UW organizations.

SSFC decided on holding eligibility hearings for each organization: the Jewish Cultural Collective, Promoting Racial and Ethnic Awareness and RCF — all of which were denied funding they hoped to receive.

At the last meeting of the night, SSFC ultimately decided to deny funding eligibility for RCF after a vote of one to two, with two members abstaining.

RCF was denied the same funding last year, only to later settle under specific terms with UW. Currently, RCF is in a legal fight with UW, claiming UW is not following the terms of the settlement.

Treasurer Susan Gallardi and RCF secretary Trevor Mahoney represented RCF at the meeting.

Gallardi said he was disappointed by the decision, but due to the previous SSFC decisions of the night, he said he felt the decision was "pretty consistent."

Gallardi said the lack of funding is going to significantly impact RCF.

"It's a huge blow," Gallardi said. "The lack of [the $250,000] in the budget is going to hurt; it's going to hurt a lot."

SSFC chair Alex Gallagher said although the decisions made Thursday night were important, he thought it was more imperative that "the group showed that they consistently evaluated every eligibility the same."

Gallagher said SSFC holds all organizations that request funds to a consistent standard and allows only the most exceptional groups funding to protect SSFC's budget process.

"They're holding groups to a high scrutiny — to become a GSF group we really expect something beyond what we expect from typical [registered student organizations]," Gallagher said. "It's indicative of a strong-passion bio-group to really provide integrity of the system."

After some debate concerning whether or not the JCC met the requirement of having a proper additional significance to UW students, SSFC decided to deny the eligibility with a vote of two to three.

Following this was a denial of eligibility for the organization Promoting Racial and Ethnic Awareness, with a vote of zero to two, with three members abstaining.

At the open forum portion of the meeting, Lily Service spoke on behalf of the both the Rape Crisis Center and Promoting Awareness and Victim Empowerment.

Service said sexual violence programs such as these were "essential organizations" as they provided awareness and prevention methods, and wished for continued funding until "we live in a world without sexual violence."

SSFC also heard eligibility hearings from three campus organizations including the Student Tenant Union, the Rape Crisis Center and Sex Out Loud and will decide whether to grant eligibility next week.