Alaska
An Intimate Evening with Your Data
Por Vanessa Raymond December 2019
RISE Program
Por Nicole Murphy November 2019
Traditional dugout canoe enhancement
Por Glenn "Stormy" Hamar October 2019
Opening a bicycle collective in Sitka, Alaska
Por Alyssa Russell September 2019
Sila
Por Sonia Luokkala August 2019
Blossom House
Por Jody Hassel July 2019
Esther Shea Native Arts Institute for Youth
Por Richard Jackson June 2019
P.O.P.-Promote Our Pollinators
Por Anna DeVolld May 2019Chess for Vets and Girl Scouts of America: Alaska
Por Colleen Evanco April 2019
Art Materials for Artists with Disabilities
Por Phoebe Gonzales Rohrbacher March 2019
Visit and Play at the Fairbanks Children's Museum
Por Meredith Maple February 2019
Phones for Homeless Youth
Por Kelly King January 2019
4th Ave pop up
Por Jimmy Riordan December 2018
IAFN Community Pantries
Por Michelle Ohnesorge November 2018
Supporting Literary Events In Seward, Alaska
Por Shauna Potocky October 2018
KONR 106.1 LPFM - Transmitter
Por Ryan Anderson September 2018
Spruce Root Apprenticeship
Por Kayla Williams and Trevan Kan August 2018
of relation
Por Enzina Marrari July 2018
Keys to Life Eyes Closed Project
Por Shirley Staten and Gabriela Olmos June 2018
Housing and Homeless Coalition
Por Eloy Ponce June 2018
Yup’ik Masks – Unfolding the Past to Our Present G
Por Benjamin Charles April 2018
Books for BOB the Bookmobile!
Por Mercedes Harness / Friends of the Homer Library March 2018Pottery Outreach
Por Matthew Van Atta February 2018
Reaching Addicts & the families that love them
Por Keri-Ann Calderwood Baker January 2018
Alaska Dinosaurs Color and Learn Book
Por Deborah Klein November 2017
Unmasking Brain Injury - Alaska 2017
Por Annette Alfonsi October 2017Bicycle Mechanic School
Por Scott Menzies September 2017
Enhancing Playback Theatre for Underserved Youth
Por Sarah Finnell, Breadcrumbs Theatre Company, Fairbanks August 2017
Cedar Bark net making instruction
Por Jacinthe TwoBulls July 2017
FCM Outdoor Playground
Por Abigail Van Patter, Fairbanks Children's Museum June 2017
Hoonah Imagination Library
Por Nicki Shelton May 2017
Jim Bell Songbook
Por Sarah E Mitchell April 2017Lakeside Learning Lab
Por Jena Piacenti, 6th Grade Teacher, Sand Lake Elementary March 2017
Read On the Fly - Books for traveling kids
Por Erin Kirkland February 2017
Stickers for Conservation!
Por Luc Mehl January 2017
Youth on Record Alaska
Por Cody Davidson December 2016Mountain View Post Magazine
Por Kirsten Swann October 2016
Portable Front Porch Project
Por Meg Zaletel - Anchorage Community House LLC September 2016
Central Urban Farm
Por Cindee Karns August 2016
Guys and Gals Read, Inc.
Por Greg Hill July 2016
Establishing a Natural Sound Monitoring Program
Por Scott McEwen June 2016
The Velella Project
Por L. Saunders McNeill May 2016
South Peninsula Syringe Exchange
Por Catriona Reynolds April 2016
The Alaskan Invasive and Native Paper Project
Por Desiree Hagen March 2016
Haines Harvest
Por Sally Boisvert March 201612% Happier Class
Por Susie Amundson January 2016
Books About Town
Por Rotary Club of Homer Downtown December 2015
Amtgard
Por Rowyn Cunningham November 2015
Tracing Roots: A Weaver's Journey Film Outreach
Por Ellen Frankenstein October 2015
more color for kids
Por Sara Tabbert September 2015Forget Me Not Movement
Por Forget Me Not, Inc. August 2015
Mobile Mending Vardo
Por Keren Lowell/Mobile Mending July 2015
Get the Veggie Truck rolling!
Por Kaiyuh Cornberg June 2015
Acerca de Nosotros
Awesome Alaska: Making Alaska an even more awesome place one $1000 grant at a time.
We’re here to help. Ten awesome individuals, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, business wizards, and all-around smart folks want to get behind your idea. We’re the names, brains, and money to catalyze your fabulous project.
Our next proposal period will end on January 15 and those funds will be awarded at the end of January. Have a safe and peaceful end of 2019 and here's to an AWESOME 2020.
Who we are:
- Ken Castner - Proximity theorist
- Rand Hagenstein - conservationist, aspiring agrarian and charcutier, super-voter
- Anne Hanley - Playwright, Producer of The Winter Bear Project, first-time grandmother, fan of awesomeness in all forms
- Owen Hanley - Pulmonary physician (ret), skier, biker, runner and clean air advocate.
- Nancy Lord - Environmental writer
- Paula Martin - entomologist, educator, consultant and writer
- Joe Martin - mariner, bicyclist, and fixer of things
- Dorli McWayne - flutist, teacher of flutists from 6 to 60+, conductor, four-season runner.
- Jo Michalski - Retired entrepreneur, community activist, parent, grandmother and 46 year Alaskan.
- Peter Michalski - lawyer, mediator, former judge, believer in community
- John Mouw - lover of food, reading, community and life.
- Rika Mouw - artist and passionate advocate for nature and wild places.
- Kesler Woodward - painter, art historian, curator, and token artist on boards, commissions, panels, and task forces in Alaska and the West.
- Neil Wagner - entrepreneur of multifarious ventures who loves nature, travel and gardening
- Kyra Wagner - an enthusiastic person of place
- Anne Wilkas - Lifelong learner, eater, conservationist and outdoor enthusiast
- Evie Witten - ecologist, entrepreneur, enthusiastic harvester and fermenter, and sporadic potter
- Erin Hollowell – dean – poet first and foremost, planter/nurturer of seeds and ideas, champion for the written word
Who we fund:
- Do you qualify for a PFD? (And if you don’t know what a permanent fund dividend is, you’re not an Alaskan – in other words, we only fund current Alaskans who qualify for a dividend.)
- Folks with absolutely awesome ideas that have impact, surprise, and ingenuity.
- Note: we reserve the right to not award a grant during any period during which the Trustees do not receive a proposal that fits their standards.
Things to consider in your application:
- Proposals are due on the 15th of the month, decisions are rendered by the end of the month. All unsuccessful proposals are then deleted.
- How is $1000 going to make a difference to your project, you as an individual, and Alaska as a community?
- What makes your project unique?
- If your idea is time-sensitive, please apply at least 60 days in advance and make sure that you let us know your “deadline.”
Got a question? Contact us directly at alaska@awesomefoundation.org and ask away!