Sydney
Mamre House Community Garden
By Kylie Crambrook February 2025
Warm Paws NSW - Being Pawesome!!
By Kathryn Hacio December 2024
Maxie's Polaroids
By Max Truong November 2024
Ice cream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream
By Danielle Courtney October 2024
Feeling the Wind in Their Hair
By Kerrie Barker October 2024Studio Artes Visual Art Program: Art Supplies
By Bexie Neeley October 2024
Affordable Headshots for Artists
By Emma Wright September 2024
Anomalies
By Jordyn Fulcher August 2024
KinHub
By Corinne Smith June 2024
Our Stories Through Theatre
By Tanja Djordjevic May 2024
The Good Life: Voices from Sydney's Streets [wt]
By Jordan Grantham April 2024
If/When
By Jasmine Hair March 2024
Kangaroo & Joey Rehabilitation Enclosure
By Jill Gilbert February 2024
MYST Madi Gras parade screening party
By Flinn Donovan February 2024
Deb's Pouring and Craft Sanctuary
By Debbi-Ann Cain November 2023
Pride Morris
By Rosie Wylie October 2023
WWYW Survivor Healing Groups
By Brittany Cozic September 2023
Sydney Pollinator Lab
By Alex Crowe August 2023
Back to Birdy
By Sean Landis July 2023The Bass Hill Pre Kindy Program
By mecca laalaa June 2023
Deaf Festival Sydney
By Madeleine Uaine June 2023
Multilingual storytellers ready to fly
By Lillian Rodrigues-Pang May 2023
Free Lightsabers in Darling Harbour
By Timothy Yang April 2023
DSA Sydney Rashies
By Shane Henn March 2023
NWME Inc - Nurrgingy Miniature Railway
By Jennifer Barnett-Baistow February 2023
Art Kits for Kids & Women in Refuges
By Pamela Woods December 2022
Dharawal Language Book and Gift Pack
By Aunty Donna & Sutherland Shire Reconciliation Group November 2022
Coogee Surf Life Saving Community: Beach Safety
By Adam Cohen (UTS) October 2022
NICI Gadigal Skills for Success Program
By Nathan Lovett October 2022
Holroyd High School Multicultural Day
By Courtney Palucci September 2022
Yanadi Ladies Group
By Wendy Anne French September 2022
OddHearts Connect Through Art
By Jex Lopez July 2022
Musical Milestones
By Tanya Marie Silveira June 2022
Promote the Goat Uplift
By Josie Taoi April 2022
The New Normal - A Trans-inclusive Women's Day Gig
By Geetha Balakrishnan March 2022
The strength and resilience of refugee women
By Larissa Dulat February 2022
Intercultural Connection Through Artwork
By Emma Bromley January 2022
Queer community photo sessions at The Bearded Tit
By Dorcas Tang December 2021
Vegepods for Disability Accommodation
By Emily Griffith December 2021
Overnight hiking and camping adventure
By Neil McCulloch November 2021
B-3-N
By Jestika Chand and Jayce Carrano October 2021
Wilford Lane Garden
By James Cottam September 2021We All Care Days
By Joanna Karalis September 2021
Caretakers of Campbelltown
By Gabriel Faatau'uu-Satiu August 2021
Nile Football Program Balls Project
By Daniel Apat July 2021
A Brief Escape
By Kate McLaren June 2021
Didjurigur Netball - NAIDOC Cultural Celebration
By Didjurigur Netball Club May 2021
Nimrod Park Mural - John’s Garden
By Sarah Ranner May 2021
Furnish Our Therapy Space
By Lilli Barto April 2021
Elevating Refugee Entrepreneurs in Australia
By Marjorie Tenchavez March 2021
Music for All
By Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Australia February 2021
Shade arbour for Plant Street Library
By Kelly Robin Parkins December 2020
The Reconnect Project
By Annette Mayne December 2020
The Girls' edit
By Priyanka Bromhead November 2020
Swim Sisters Surf Lifesaving for CaLD Communites
By Yusra Metwally October 2020Coloured Aliens
By Tiffany Wong August 2020Keeping Rough Sleepers Warm
By Jackie Warn July 2020
Quicksan
By Ritwik Dasgupta June 2020
Refloat the Titanic Volunteer Party
By Jon Simpson May 2020
Face Shields for Medical Staff
By Naomi Brennan April 2020
Lego for life
By Paul Karbon March 2020
Bottle Lid Project
By Marijana Nad February 2020
LumiCrux
By Melissa Silk and Annette Mauer February 2020
Community Weekend at the Beach
By Naomi Smith January 2020
Voices of Women CLEARWAY 2020
By Lliane Clarke December 2019
Refugee Driving program
By Caroline Seaton November 2019TLC Choir for People with Dementia & Their Carers
By Geena Cheung October 2019
Pocket City Farms needs more TOOLS!
By Michael Zagoridis August 2019
Hair Aid Community Cuts
By Selina Tomasich July 2019
The Supertee project
By Jason sotiris June 2019
Hinchinbrook Hornets Open Women Team
By Jax Cornforth May 2019
Penrith Rainbow Families Playgroup
By Simone Seeley April 2019
Paddock to Plate Garden
By Fiona Liddle March 2019
CHIKAS
By Genevieve Craig December 2018
Music Therapy for the Elderly
By paul trad November 2018Groove Rising
By Asuka Hara October 2018
DesignAbility
By Mona September 2018
Uz: The Town
By Elizabeth Chua August 2018
Let's Coach the Coach
By Kristina Travers July 2018
Collarenebri sporting Leadership Project
By Paul Peters June 2018
Inner West Beekeepers
By Nathan Organ May 2018Riverwood Reaching
By Alicia Boyden April 2018
Heart and Soul Story's S.T.E.P
By Samantha Felicity Heron March 2018
The Monstrosities
By Scott Parker February 2018
FLEX
By Cameron Stead January 2018Accessible Abstracts
By M. Sunflower December 2017
Inner West Tool Library
By Amy Croucher November 2017
Good to Go
By Nanak Narulla October 2017
Woolloomooloo Workshop Cafe
By Lincoln Smith June 2017
Musical Pool Noodle
By Rachael Mackay May 2017
Playgroups in The Park
By Natasha Sitanala April 2017Pocket Sized Precincts
By Rebecca Whittington March 2017Comedy Of Art
By Ivan Levant February 2017
TechFugees Australia #Hack4Refugees
By Nicole Williamson December 2016
Back to School with a Smile
By Natalie Wall November 2016Uprock Urban Arts Festival
By Matthew Peet September 2016
HSCHero
By Cindy July 2016
NEWTOWN NETFLIX NIGHTS
By Chloe Saintilan June 2016
FoodFaith PlantingSeeds interfaith/cultural garden
By Judy Friedlander May 2016
The Super Pollinators - Aussie Native Bees
By ABBIE MITCHELL April 2016
Weekly Friday Lunch for Marginalised (at risk) You
By Satha Arumanayagam March 2016Femme Fatale
By Carissa Licciardello December 2015
Young Aboriginal Mother’s and Children Mural
By Norma Tracey November 2015YAMMP - Young Aborigianl Mothers Mural Project
By Norma Tracey October 2015On The Floor
By Ollie Henderson September 2015
The Seaside Scavenge
By Anna Jane Linke August 2015
Disability Beyond Boundaries
By Zhila Hasanloo July 2015
Off The Wall Gallery
By M. Sunflower Trad June 2015
Biri Biri (Aboriginal Cafe)
By Matthew Pettit May 2015
Care to Converse
By Jen Aboki April 2015
Every Little Bit Helps
By Katryna Robinson March 2015
A Sense of Place: Sydney's Inner West
By Lisa Cross November 2014
Pizza in the Druitt
By Melissa Murphy October 2014Mayors and MP's Morning Ride
By Sarah Ladyman September 2014
Primary Schoolers Programming with Bee-Bots
By Keira Fotakopoulos August 2014
TRAP'D - The Rhythmic Arts Project Downunder
By Andrew Hewitt July 2014
Arena Calcetto at The Rocks
By Archrival May 2014
OpenLingo
By Leigh Harris April 2014
Rooftop Garden for refugee's and asylum seekers
By Rob Caslick February 2014
The Equal Hearts Project
By Fiona Hueston February 2014
Meet the Maker
By Youth Food Movement - Melissa Ronca & Alecia Wood October 2013
#wildsydney
By Diego BONETTO October 2013
Re:make
By Vanessa Berry September 2013
Laneway Learning Sydney
By Rick Benger August 2013
Clovelly Road Better Block
By Phil Stubbs July 2013
BYOB - Bring your own Beamer
By Tristan Deratz May 2013
The Newsagency
By Alison Avron Flett April 2013
The Backyard Bus
By Emma Cother (Emerald Violin) March 2013
Truth or Dare Sydney
By Leigh Russell February 2013
Craft Bike
By Kitiya Palaskas January 2013
Sydney Small Bar Documentary
By Mel November 2012
Hoopy Happenings
By Jewelz October 2012
Pop up Ping Pong at Green Square
By John O'Callaghan September 2012
Guerilla Dinner - know your food, know your farmer
By Youth Food Movement Sydney August 2012Under new Management
By Josh Capelin July 2012Australian National Qualifier for breakdancing
By Kristy Delaney April 2012
Chalk & Talk
By Briar Hayward March 2012
Hungry Ghost sound walk
By Mei Tsering February 2012
The Dollar Shop
By Louise Helliwell January 2012
Guerilla Lego project
By Nick Keilar November 2011
Compos(ur)e
By Peter Wildman October 2011Physique Aerobics
By Kirk Docker September 2011
World's smallest patch synthesizer
By Aras Vaichas August 2011
PAN magazine
By Emma Dallas July 2011
About Us
We love funding projects that make Sydney more awesome.
The Awesome Foundation is a global network of micro-giving chapters that give $1,000 of their own money every month to awesome projects. We're the Sydney chapter!
We fund out-there ideas that make Sydney more awesome. The ideas sometimes aren't so absurd: they can be super sensible, too. The catch? There isn’t one: there are no strings attached.
Since our foundation in 2011, the Sydney chapter has received more than 1,600 micro-grant applications and given away over $100,000. We also helped put on the first-ever
Australian Awesome Summit. That's a whole lot of awesome.
7 Things Trustees Think Make an Awesome Grant App
- Events and projects that are inclusive, and go the extra mile to include underrepresented people in our community.
- Projects that otherwise may not be funded. We like to know we're making an impact.
- Projects that would otherwise attract funding from traditional philanthropy, or already partially funded by large grants makers are less likely to be funded by AF.
- Applications with a nice neat budget. It helps us to understand just how impactful this funding really is.
- Projects that activate public spaces, illuminate local talent, and tell untold stories, or reveal hidden potential.
- Applications for projects that are sustainable or can be repeated for success are always welcome. For example, buying sports equipment that will be used season after season.
- Projects that are likely to live on long after our grant are always a favourite - will your impact be felt for time to come? Please tell us about that.
Read our Applicant Guide for more tips on creating an awesome application. Generally, we avoid funding salaries, websites, travel and ideas where the budget doesn’t make it clear enough how the money will be used.
Application deadline
Applications close at 6.30pm on the first Wednesday of every month (but do check our Facebook in case we move the deadline a day or two). The winner will be notified on the night.
Join Awesome Foundation Sydney
We’d love to hear from you. Express interest in joining as a Trustee and we’ll be in touch when a spot opens.
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