South Bend, IN
Snack Cart
By Miranda Bueno November 2024
Owner - Stockroom East
By Nathan Kain November 2024
Eat This Page
By Cory Pringle November 2024
Dance Society Social Club
By Sharon Sims September 2024Join Up! South Bend
By Scott Palmer September 2024
The Cat Lady Cafe
By Kim Sult September 2024
Haunted: A Macbeth Experience
By Bryan Horvath May 2024
South Bend’s First Official Adult Track Meet
By Aaliyah McKinney May 2024
Guzwoman Green Stuff
By Eridania Guzman May 2024
Save Our Children
By Rosemarie Harris January 2024
Provide free bicycle helmets for kids
By Karen Haun January 2024
The Monarch & Hope Block
By Charity Stowe and Rachel Mospan January 2024
Blessed By Bri Inc
By Brianca Denson July 2023
PopiCon! Game Convention
By Richard Wallace July 2023
Cut Boyz Camp & Also StyleGirlz Camp
By Kintae Lark July 2023
HBCU, It's Cool To Be Smart Initiative
By Brian Frazier July 2023
Connect 574
By Cat Edmonds July 2023Monarch Printing Co. building
By Charity Stowe and Rachel Mospan May 2023
The JumpOff Pedal Trolley
By Tiarra Hammond February 2023
Art for Climate South Bend
By Rebecca Wagman February 2023
Mural Mania 2.0
By Alex Allen February 2023
Homegrown Hype
By Nnenia Okereke February 2023
Weight Room Improvements at South Bend Adams
By Tony Chelminiak November 2022
Ride the Jack Rabbit and Other Dispatches
By Aaron Helman November 2022
Feed a Friend, South Bend
By Jackie Wilda and Tara Smithson November 2022
Fundraiser Event - January 2023
By Danielle Nyari November 2022
Day of the Dead Celebration Mural
By Willow Wetherall August 2022
Pediatric Pep Talk
By Maxim Manyak August 2022
Riley Roars at Potawatomi Zoo
By Nancy Simoni August 2022
Life Outside
By Justin McDevitt May 2022
Sober Bar pop-up
By Mara Trionfero Lucas May 2022
Paws and Pals Pet Stop
By Tiffany Hoar May 2022
The Angel Box
By Alayna Wilson February 2022
Harriet Tubman statue in Howard Park
By Gladys Muhammad February 2022
Glowing Up
By Dana N LaDuct February 2022
EMEN LLC
By Myriam Nicodemus November 2021
Creative Table
By Ryan Biggs November 2021
Hair Goals Society
By Heather A. King November 2021
Small Businesses, Big Hearts
By Annie Johnson August 2021
Naxos OD
By Joanne Kelley Cogdell August 2021
Orange Moon
By Austin gammage August 2021
Cooking Connections with KHS Applied Skills Class
By Tiffany Hoar May 2021
Pier Park Project
By Cara Givens May 2021
Pico With A Purpose
By Sicerie Brooks May 2021
Monroe Park Tool Library
By Myles Robertson May 2021
Y art?
By Lauren steinhofer March 2021
The Sunset
By Austin Gammage March 2021
Square One- a celebration of YOU
By Liz Johnson March 2021
Keystone Club Community Outreach
By Alex Warren December 2020
Zokos
By Ryan Ryker December 2020
GIft of Gab LIfe Coaching/ Confidence Building
By Gabrielle Person December 2020
ReUp
By Haley Miner May 2020
Bringing Animal Education to Life!
By Rachel Lauer May 2020
South Bend Code School Coding Portal
By Catlin Bulger May 2020
FOR THE CULTURE- TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
By Lisa Kowalski February 2020
EdCamp in the Bend
By Alison Schlotfeldt February 2020
Make our neighborhood bloom
By Diane Erdman February 2020
1st Annual Special Needs/Abilities Prom
By A Place To Be Me by Children's Dispensary: Heather Gakle, Program Director November 2019
Permit Pending: Hibberd for the Holidays
By Jacob Titus November 2019
Social Media and Internet Marketing
By Osvaldo Salazar November 2019
Silent Film/Live Score
By Myles Robertson August 2019
The Brain Lair Bookstore Presents
By Kathy M Burnette August 2019
Resurrect Neighborhood Parks
By Larry Clifford August 2019
Greater Impact PRINTS
By Karen Grant May 2019
B-Credit Worthy
By Tiffany Simmons May 2019
Musical Charities
By Andrew Schreiber May 2019
Sip Strums - Community Music Lessons
By Joel Bechlem February 2019
The Reimagine Competition
By Celena Green February 2019
South Bend Zine Club
By Kristie Wickwire February 2019
Alegría Tea Company
By Natalie PunKay November 2018
The Ragamuffin Bakery: An East Bank Holiday Pop-Up
By Abigail Gillan November 2018
PLTW Biomedical Science
By Jamie Forney November 2018
Picnic in the park
By Kevin and Colleen Lawler August 2018
Children's Museum Start-up
By Natalie Shafer August 2018
Ink Project
By Victoria Kelley August 2018
ReForest South Bend
By Joseph Molnar June 2018
West.SB Murals
By Jacob Titus, Helen Cramer, Jules DeLee June 2018
The Birthday Chair
By Mike Keen June 2018
South Bend Block Party Toolkit
By Scott Palmer / Diana Hess February 2018
Peace Bees Second Chance
By Steven Lesniak February 2018
Best.Game Night.Ever
By Beth Mengel February 2018
2018 Spelling Bee Explosion
By Cory Brazier February 2018
Fall Leadership Retreat
By Alkeyna Aldridge November 2017
All Over Creations Bakery
By Michelle Blandford November 2017
Tramelle's Place of Peace
By Imani Unidad, Inc. August 2017
Tonya's Tastys "a taste of Home" Restaurant
By Tonya Bailey August 2017
SBMA Mobile Art Stations
By Cathy Dietz August 2017
South Bend Code School Augmented Reality Sandbox
By Alex Sejdinaj May 2017
barba'koa Texas Kitchen
By Santiago Rodriguez May 2017
Sew Loved Women's Center
By Vicki Miles May 2017
West.SB Shirt Truck
By Jacob Titus May 2017
Urban Adventure Games
By Jonathan Jones May 2017
MAKE SOUTH BEND Community Expansion
By Michelle FitzGerald April 2017
People Frame
By Ryan Kring April 2017
South Bend Scholastic Chess Championship
By Michiana Chess Inc April 2017Dr. Angie's Dental Health Exchange-filling the gap
By Nanci Yokom October 2016
Westside Wednesday - 2016 Holiday Edition
By Sam Centellas October 2016
The Local Cup Leadership Training Program
By Brook & John Hardy, Cat and Mike Griffin October 2016
Round-a-bout Beautification
By JOHN FOEGLEY - Foegley Landscape October 2016
Change your lawn. Change your city.
By Kory Lantz October 2016
Original South Bend Commercial
By Chuck Fry October 2016
Resurrect the Roses at Leeper Park!!
By Larry Clifford May 2016
River Lights Music Festival
By Andrew Elegante May 2016
The Birdsell Project
By Myles Robertson and Nalani Stolz May 2016
LGBTQ Pride
By Eli Williams May 2016
About Us
The South Bend Awesome Fund is dedicated to supporting people, ideas, businesses, and causes that will make the South Bend area even more Awesome! The Chapter meets on a quarterly basis to award three $1000 grants. Finalists are selected one week prior to the quarterly meeting and are required to give a 5 minute presentation at the quarterly meeting. Following all presentations, Chapter Members will vote and award three $1000 grants to the top three vote recipients. Applications are always open and will be considered on a quarterly basis. Even if a meeting date for the next meeting has not been set, applications are open and the next meeting will typically be ~3 mo. from the date of the previous meeting.
The Chapter's next quarterly meeting will be held at 530pm on Nov. 19, in collaboration with Start Up South Bend Elkhart's Founder Factory and will focus on for profit entrepreneurial ventures (any submissions not fitting this category will be considered at the next meeting)
Submissions for the upcoming Quarterly meeting are due by 5pm on Tuesday, Nov. 12. You will be notified if you are selected as a finalist.
Submissions should highlight how grant funds will be used to make the South Bend region even more Awesome!
Any submission not awarded a grant at a quarterly meeting is welcome to apply for a future meeting.
Even if the date of a future quarterly meeting has not been set, applications are open (please apply).
DISCLAIMER: The South Bend Awesome Fund reserves the right to publish information regarding finalists and grant recipients to the media and general public.