Austin, TX
Christmas Joy for Kids
От Jennifer Jones, Austin Mutual Aid December 2024Free Book Fairs for Disadvantaged Kids
От Brooke Terry September 2024Adaptive Gardening Equipment for AISD Students
От Amy Bartos August 2024Empowering Afghan Women Refugees through Literacy
От Chichi Armstrong July 2024Shea Butter Babies:Celebrating Queer Black Artists
От Kitty McLeod June 2024Composting for a Soil-Rich Farming Future
От Hayley Wood February 2024Suicide Prevention Awareness & Knowledge in ASL
От Allysa Dittmar January 2024Awesome Tummies of North Austin
От Tom Cottar October 2023Editing equipment for Elementary School Newscast
От Candi Johnson August 2023Street Medics Austin
От Matthew Blaney July 2023Expansion of LGBTQIA+ Library for Austin's Youth
От Christopher Dowling-Magill June 2023Touch the Art: An Interactive Art Exhibition
От Natalie Earhart April 2023Creating Gifted Programs that Represent Austin
От Shalelia Dillard March 2023Yellow Bike Project
От Scott Menzies November 2022"Yamel Cucuy" by Glass Half Full Theatre
От Caroline Reck July 2022Swing Equality for the Differently-Abled
От Dr. Jacqueline Abernathy, MSSW, Ph.D., May 2022A Full Life for folks with IDD
От Joseph Potts February 2022Equal Access to Abortion Care in Central Texas
От The Bridge Collective December 2021Open Call: Showtune Open Mic Night
От Susan Johnston Taylor November 2021Black and Brown Academics and Mentorship
От Esther Nnali October 2021Summer Break Theatre
От Maggie Bell (Meador) June 2021AAAFF Centerpiece Film Drive-In Live Performance
От Hanna Huang April 2021Humanize Austin
От Dusty Monroe February 2021Foundation Communities Holiday Assistance Program
От Foundation Communities December 2020S.T.R.I.V.E. with Women's Storybook Project
От Jill Gonzalez November 2020Enjambment, the zine
От Spencer Dunkerley-Offor, Jeremy Gatson, Julian Perkins, Danny Martin & Melodi Ramirez October 2020Smash Dysphoria
От E. Victoria August 2020COVID-19 Hunger Relief
От Central Texas Food Bank April 2020ATX Interfaces: a radically inclusive art showcase
От KB February 2020Linder Elementary Parenting Engagement Theater
От Maria Hanley December 2019Let's Make our Mariachi Awesome
От Diana Manzo November 2019East Austin Studio Tour: Art Roller Coaster
От Kami T Wilt September 2019Giving Austin Labor Support
От Morgan Miles July 2019Outsiders Anonymous
От Adam Holt June 2019First Annual Short Play Festival
От Simone Alexander, New Manifest Theatre April 2019SAGE Studio Spring Art Show
От Katie Stahl March 2019Transgender Day of Visibility
От Drew Riley February 2019Write! Austin
От ND McCray January 2019The Tiny Banger
От Alice Stanley December 2018Language Access for Christopher House
От Hospice Austin November 2018Indigenous Peoples Day: A Decolonial Celebration
От ALBERTO MEJIA October 2018We Can See Through Time
От Rachel Wolfson Smith September 2018The Texas Justice Initiative
От Eva Ruth Moravec July 2018Home Street Music
От Vanessa Lively June 2018Austin Abortion Access Hackathon
От Emily Loen May 2018LGBTQIA+ Youth Summit for Austin ISD
От Max Casero, Communities in Schools April 2018Civics 101: Your Guide To A Functional Democracy
От Amy Stansbury January 2018Making It at the Downs-Jones Library
От Katrina Ashton at Huston-Tillotson University December 2017Family Holiday Superbowl
От Kristin Davidson & Williamson County Juvenile Services November 2017Interwoven: A Community Weaving Project
От Melissa Knight September 2017Gender Unbound
От Drew Riley August 2017Into the Wilds: A Portrait Project
От Jeanette Nevarez July 2017TWENTYEIGHT: a new play
От Katherine Wilkinson June 2017A New Kiln, and a Fresh Start
От Adam Yoo May 2017The Dobie Middle School Family Resource Center
От Jose Carrasco April 2017A Girl Named Sue: world premiere
От Color Arc Productions February 2017Wild Places
От Joanna Garner January 2017Austin Cares Homeless Initiative
От Sarah Ellis & Lauren Seiss December 2016Successful Smiles of Texas
От Alethea Flores November 2016Plastic Planet Animated PSA
От Calder Kamin October 201610th Annual KreweDCM Halloween Parade
От Christopher McMillan September 2016Austin Archives Bazaar 2016
От Kristy Sorensen July 2016arcade of anything
От JUEGOS RANCHEROS June 2016Party World Rasslin'
От Timothy Faust May 2016Performance-In-A-Box: Storytelling for Seniors
От Maggie Gallant & CASACA April 2016CaveCast: Stories from Austin High Schoolers
От Katie Angermeier Haab & Austin Bat Cave March 2016Ravaan Persian Dance Company
От Geeti Mahajan February 2016Shakespeare: REPRESENT
От Shrewd Productions January 2016Our Taco House Co-op
От Raquel Banda & Shirley Trevino December 2015RE Source
От Forklift Danceworks November 2015Adventure Therapy for Homeless Families
От Annette Pelletier October 2015CLAWstin: Austin Collective of Lady Arm Wrestlers
От Amanda Soisson September 2015Anthropos All-Stars CD Project
От Dylan Jones, Anthropos Arts July 2015Circus of Hope
От Kenneth Pierce June 2015The Quality or Condition
От Lauren Gurgiolo, Backstop Art Collective May 2015Freehand Arts Project: Bringing the creative arts to those behind bars
От Kelsey Shipman, The Freehand Arts Project April 2015Ballenarca: The Whale Ark
От Cheraya Esters March 2015RE/CONNECT: Examining intimacy in a digital age
От Kristen Weller February 2015BLXPLTN
От Katherine Quinones January 2015The Gay Wax Museum
От Silky Shoemaker December 2014Inside Books Project: promoting literacy for prisoners
От Jane Chamberlain, Inside Books Project November 2014Bilingual books for kids, by kids
От Jennifer Siviter October 2014The Krewe DCM Halloween Parade
От Krewe DCM & HONK!TX September 2014KOOP: Bringing the power of radio to the people
От KOOP 91.7 FM August 2014Spaces for reflection at Austin's green cemetery
От Ellen MacDonald July 2014HOPE Outdoor Gallery: Showcasing Austin street art
От Andi Scull Cheatham, HOPE Outdoor Gallery June 2014Third Coast Visions: Mobile Geodesic Dome Gallery
От Chancellor Roberts, Third Coast Visions Art Collective May 2014Spoiler Alert: This Is How My Life Ends
От Jay Byrd April 2014SKAM mural rehab: Preserving a piece of history
От Lindsay Palmer, Creative Action March 2014Old Books for New Teachers
От Stephanie Noll February 2014Elementary Science Discovery
От Amy Quartaro January 2014The Texas Observer: Reaching Millions
От Piper Nelson December 2013Legends for Youth baseball clinic for kids with disabilities
От John Lorek November 2013Attendance Records: Inspiring Austin's next generation of musicians
От Jenna Carrens, Attendance Records October 2013Citizen Node
От Amy Cavender August 2013A Dance to Remember
От Maggie Gallant of CASACA July 2013Powering a Robot with a Control Moment Gyroscope
От Joshua Stricker and Marek Travnikar June 2013Queerbomb
От Beth Schindler May 2013Performing Possibilities: Life after Prison
От Katherine Craft, Conspire Theatre April 2013Have A Ball
От Jackie Garrett March 2013Environmental Remediation Thru Hydrilla Harvesting
От Michael Jochum February 2013Housewarming Gifts for the Previously Homeless
От Bryce Yeazell January 2013Cooking Up English
От Casey Smith December 2012HONK!TX: Festival of Community Street Bands
От HONK!TX November 2012Austin Sea Veggies
От Lewis Weil October 2012Color Squad: Youth transforming public spaces
От Lindsay Palmer September 2012Burnet-Ohlen Treescape
От Steven Zettner August 2012Urban Nature. Urban Kids.
От Bernadette Noll July 2012Astronomy for underserved populations
От Amy Jackson June 2012Slow Cooking for a Fast Food World
От Beth Rowan May 2012Children of Bagbanistan
От Lenell Ripley April 2012The Pay Phone Revival Project
От Bridget Quinn March 2012За Нас
We are the Austin, Texas chapter of the Awesome Foundation!
If you have an idea that could help keep Austin awesome, we hope you'll apply for one of our $1000 micro-grants. What does "awesome" mean, you ask? That's something we purposely leave up to your imagination. From a pop-up recreation of the Indiana Jones boulder scene to meat-filled zebra pinatas, if you can dream it, the Awesome Foundation would like to help you do it! Note: If your project is time-sensitive, we strongly recommend you apply at least 90 days in advance of when funds are needed.
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