Making General Assembly More Financially Accessible

Hey youth and young adults, don’t register for GA until you read this!

If you need assistance to cover registration cost for General Assembly 2025, all you have to do is fill out the General Assembly Financial Support Request where you can select the scholarship level, and you’ll get a discount code to apply when you register. Deadline for this form is May 15th, but please apply ASAP as we disburse on a rolling basis.

Please use these scholarships! They are there for you if you need them. This is one way we are working to make General Assembly more financially accessible each year.

After you’ve gotten your discount code bop on over to the GA Registration page to apply it!

Financial Aid for Housing

If you are using the UUA GA Housing Reservation System to book housing, you can apply for lodging credit by using the same General Assembly Financial Support Request form, one form 2 types of support. This form goes live when the GA Housing portal opens typically by Jan 15.

Some years there are dorms or other discount housing through GA Housing. These options may open after hotel blocks could be as late as Mar 1. That’s good information for youth group trip organizers too! In 2025, we were not able to secure this style of housing, so there are more resources in the Financial Support pool.

Travel Grants

Youth and young adults traveling to UUA events can request travel reimbursement by providing anticipated costs or travel receipts. Any youth and young adults can request up to $250, while youth and young adults with marginalized identities, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color can request up to $500. Please fill out this Travel Reimbursement for UUA Events form. (NOTE: this form will be open January 15th through May 15th).

Scholarships are distributed by Lifespan Faith Engagement and provided by contributions from GA registrants, other scholarship funds within the LFE budget, the Katie Tyson Fund for Youth and Young Adult Ministry, and the Jerry And Denny Davidoff Fund For Lay Leadership.

Crowd Source Funding

Do you know UU’s who need to fundraise their way to GA? Please let them know that Faithify is here to help! UUAGA campaigns use “keep-it-all” funding mode — meaning that there’s no stress about reaching the goal. Youth groups, delegates…parents — they all can use Faithify to crowdfund their registration, travel, and other costs to attend GA.