St. Paul, MN
DIY: Hair
By Jelahn Prentiss November 2024The Acts ❤️f Kindness Series
By Matt Meindhardt October 2024Growing Amazing Readers and Writers
By Holly Johnston September 2024Engaging, Inclusive, and Relevant Library Books
By Sheri Chaffee-Johnson August 2024Cool Kids Meeting a Cool Author
By Jessie Young July 2024Camp Cardboard!
By Rachel McCarthy July 2024Broken Robots “Double Dutch”
By Mercedes Yarbrough June 2024Student Field Trip
By Karin Vanzyl May 2024Downtown Blues
By Robert Ryan April 2024Let's Go Outside!
By Deborah Karp-Castrenze March 20242nd Grade Field Trip to the MN History Museum!
By Emily Storms January 2024Gordon Parks HS Ipad Charging Station
By Merridith Joly on behalf of Gordon Parks HS December 2023Ballet Explorers
By Emilia Garrido Vasquez November 2023TriLingua Cinema's Freedom Library Fridays!
By Ismail Khadar October 2023Mississippi meets Mississippi (River Boat Journey
By Katie Kreitzer September 2023The Saint Paul Tool Library is Here
By Bruce Willey August 2023Kaleidoscope Toy Lending Library
By Jennie Lynch July 2023Raised Beds Guarantee Gardening For All Students
By Patricia Boyt June 2023World Music Ensemble 7/4 at the Ordway Theater
By Ruth Krider June 2023BrikShare
By Bora Mandic May 2023Community PowWow
By Julie Hutcheeson-Downwind April 2023Knyaw (Karen) Camp
By Ku Hser March 2023Explore Careers in the Trades with Virtual Reality
By Michael Wurth February 2023Pop-Up Advocacy
By Mary Beth Becker-Lauth January 2023Student Podcasts
By Jennifer Plum December 20223D Print The Future!
By Michael Harrison November 2022Sensory Friendly Theatre for Youth and Families
By Emily Halstead November 2022Ceramics 101
By Mickey Jurewicz October 2022Celebrating Student's School Successes
By Heather Alden September 2022Shoes & safety gear
By Matt Vinez August 2022Assistive Technology for All
By Davia Christiansen July 2022Cable Gun Locks for Secure Gun Storage
By Kathleen Anderson June 2022Free Eco Fair!
By Jennifer Victor-Larsen May 2022American Indian Magnet School / Library Remodel
By Nicole Bierwerth April 2022Pollinators Along Pierce Butler
By Joan Velasquez March 2022Building Joy in the Makerspace
By Katie Meier February 2022About Us
NEED SOME FUNDING?
Have a crazy brilliant idea that needs funding? We award $1,000 grants every month. It couldn't be simpler! Your idea is yours alone. We don't want a stake in it. We just want to help you make it happen!
Some of our favorite media stories.
https://www.startribune.com/awesome-foundation-begins-planting-seeds-in-st-paul/600168325/
WELCOME TO AwesomeStPaul
The Awesome Foundation has arrived in St. Paul and is giving $1,000 grants to awe-inspiring ideas. St. Paul is a unique community with thriving neighborhoods. We want to fund projects that serve our community through the lenses of the arts, education and social outreach. We love projects that are solving problems and bringing joy to people in St. Paul. Do you have a great idea that needs some financial assistance to become a reality? Apply for a grant from the St. Paul chapter of the Awesome Foundation. What are you waiting for?
Guided by a firm desire to promote diverse ideas and uplift small projects throughout St. Paul, we are a small band of volunteers who want to make our city more awesome than it already is. At least 12 times a year, we give away no-strings attached $1,000 grants to creators, big thinkers and dreamers. We’re not a charity and we have no interest in making a profit or owning your idea. 100 percent of the money we collect goes to our grantees. We have no overhead expenses. AwesomeStPaul is simply a group of locals ready to open our wallets to make a positive impact on our community. If you’ve got an idea and you need some financial support to take your initiative to the next level, you’ve come to the right place.
WHAT WE FUND. We fund real programs that will make a real impact on the lives of people in St. Paul.
WHAT WE DO NOT FUND. We do not fund the writing of personal books or launching private businesses, travel, conference expenses or projects that don’t impact large numbers of people living in St. Paul.
OUR PROCESS. Applications are due on the last day of each month. Our trustees meet the second week of each month. Directly after we vote, we announce the monthly winner and arrange for distribution of the $1,000 grant. GRANT FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS.
Your application will remain active until you are notified by e-mail that it is no longer being considered.
NEED MORE INFORMATION? You can contact us at stpaul@awesomefoundation.org Follow AwesomeStPaul on Facebook!
AwesomeStPaul is one of 72 chapters in 8 countries that has given away $6,716,000 to 6,716 projects throughout the world. Check out awesomefoundation.org to see the incredible work being done.
Some of our favorite media stories...
https://www.startribune.com/awesome-foundation-begins-planting-seeds-in-st-paul/600168325/
See what our grantees are saying about their $1,000 2022 Awesome Grant...
"We have just under 40 participants this season, which is a sizable jump from last year, but still only about half of where we were pre-COVID. Your grant provided a lot of shoes & headgear that our kids have been using (and abusing!) this season. We were able to get our sponsors at Adidas Wrestling to give additional substantial discounts with our order, and were able to secure over $4000 of equipment for the kids. Thanks again for your support!" Matt Vinez East Side Wrestling Club