South Bend, IN
Snack Cart
Par Miranda Bueno November 2024
Owner - Stockroom East
Par Nathan Kain November 2024
Eat This Page
Par Cory Pringle November 2024
Dance Society Social Club
Par Sharon Sims September 2024Join Up! South Bend
Par Scott Palmer September 2024
The Cat Lady Cafe
Par Kim Sult September 2024
Haunted: A Macbeth Experience
Par Bryan Horvath May 2024
South Bend’s First Official Adult Track Meet
Par Aaliyah McKinney May 2024
Guzwoman Green Stuff
Par Eridania Guzman May 2024
Save Our Children
Par Rosemarie Harris January 2024
Provide free bicycle helmets for kids
Par Karen Haun January 2024
The Monarch & Hope Block
Par Charity Stowe and Rachel Mospan January 2024
Blessed By Bri Inc
Par Brianca Denson July 2023
PopiCon! Game Convention
Par Richard Wallace July 2023
Cut Boyz Camp & Also StyleGirlz Camp
Par Kintae Lark July 2023
HBCU, It's Cool To Be Smart Initiative
Par Brian Frazier July 2023
Connect 574
Par Cat Edmonds July 2023Monarch Printing Co. building
Par Charity Stowe and Rachel Mospan May 2023
The JumpOff Pedal Trolley
Par Tiarra Hammond February 2023
Art for Climate South Bend
Par Rebecca Wagman February 2023
Mural Mania 2.0
Par Alex Allen February 2023
Homegrown Hype
Par Nnenia Okereke February 2023
Weight Room Improvements at South Bend Adams
Par Tony Chelminiak November 2022
Ride the Jack Rabbit and Other Dispatches
Par Aaron Helman November 2022
Feed a Friend, South Bend
Par Jackie Wilda and Tara Smithson November 2022
Fundraiser Event - January 2023
Par Danielle Nyari November 2022
Day of the Dead Celebration Mural
Par Willow Wetherall August 2022
Pediatric Pep Talk
Par Maxim Manyak August 2022
Riley Roars at Potawatomi Zoo
Par Nancy Simoni August 2022
Life Outside
Par Justin McDevitt May 2022
Sober Bar pop-up
Par Mara Trionfero Lucas May 2022
Paws and Pals Pet Stop
Par Tiffany Hoar May 2022
The Angel Box
Par Alayna Wilson February 2022
Harriet Tubman statue in Howard Park
Par Gladys Muhammad February 2022
Glowing Up
Par Dana N LaDuct February 2022
EMEN LLC
Par Myriam Nicodemus November 2021
Creative Table
Par Ryan Biggs November 2021
Hair Goals Society
Par Heather A. King November 2021
Small Businesses, Big Hearts
Par Annie Johnson August 2021
Naxos OD
Par Joanne Kelley Cogdell August 2021
Orange Moon
Par Austin gammage August 2021
Cooking Connections with KHS Applied Skills Class
Par Tiffany Hoar May 2021
Pier Park Project
Par Cara Givens May 2021
Pico With A Purpose
Par Sicerie Brooks May 2021
Monroe Park Tool Library
Par Myles Robertson May 2021
Y art?
Par Lauren steinhofer March 2021
The Sunset
Par Austin Gammage March 2021
Square One- a celebration of YOU
Par Liz Johnson March 2021
Keystone Club Community Outreach
Par Alex Warren December 2020
Zokos
Par Ryan Ryker December 2020
GIft of Gab LIfe Coaching/ Confidence Building
Par Gabrielle Person December 2020
ReUp
Par Haley Miner May 2020
Bringing Animal Education to Life!
Par Rachel Lauer May 2020
South Bend Code School Coding Portal
Par Catlin Bulger May 2020
FOR THE CULTURE- TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
Par Lisa Kowalski February 2020
EdCamp in the Bend
Par Alison Schlotfeldt February 2020
Make our neighborhood bloom
Par Diane Erdman February 2020
1st Annual Special Needs/Abilities Prom
Par A Place To Be Me by Children's Dispensary: Heather Gakle, Program Director November 2019
Permit Pending: Hibberd for the Holidays
Par Jacob Titus November 2019
Social Media and Internet Marketing
Par Osvaldo Salazar November 2019
Silent Film/Live Score
Par Myles Robertson August 2019
The Brain Lair Bookstore Presents
Par Kathy M Burnette August 2019
Resurrect Neighborhood Parks
Par Larry Clifford August 2019
Greater Impact PRINTS
Par Karen Grant May 2019
B-Credit Worthy
Par Tiffany Simmons May 2019
Musical Charities
Par Andrew Schreiber May 2019
Sip Strums - Community Music Lessons
Par Joel Bechlem February 2019
The Reimagine Competition
Par Celena Green February 2019
South Bend Zine Club
Par Kristie Wickwire February 2019
Alegría Tea Company
Par Natalie PunKay November 2018
The Ragamuffin Bakery: An East Bank Holiday Pop-Up
Par Abigail Gillan November 2018
PLTW Biomedical Science
Par Jamie Forney November 2018
Picnic in the park
Par Kevin and Colleen Lawler August 2018
Children's Museum Start-up
Par Natalie Shafer August 2018
Ink Project
Par Victoria Kelley August 2018
ReForest South Bend
Par Joseph Molnar June 2018
West.SB Murals
Par Jacob Titus, Helen Cramer, Jules DeLee June 2018
The Birthday Chair
Par Mike Keen June 2018
South Bend Block Party Toolkit
Par Scott Palmer / Diana Hess February 2018
Peace Bees Second Chance
Par Steven Lesniak February 2018
Best.Game Night.Ever
Par Beth Mengel February 2018
2018 Spelling Bee Explosion
Par Cory Brazier February 2018
Fall Leadership Retreat
Par Alkeyna Aldridge November 2017
All Over Creations Bakery
Par Michelle Blandford November 2017
Tramelle's Place of Peace
Par Imani Unidad, Inc. August 2017
Tonya's Tastys "a taste of Home" Restaurant
Par Tonya Bailey August 2017
SBMA Mobile Art Stations
Par Cathy Dietz August 2017
South Bend Code School Augmented Reality Sandbox
Par Alex Sejdinaj May 2017
barba'koa Texas Kitchen
Par Santiago Rodriguez May 2017
Sew Loved Women's Center
Par Vicki Miles May 2017
West.SB Shirt Truck
Par Jacob Titus May 2017
Urban Adventure Games
Par Jonathan Jones May 2017
MAKE SOUTH BEND Community Expansion
Par Michelle FitzGerald April 2017
People Frame
Par Ryan Kring April 2017
South Bend Scholastic Chess Championship
Par Michiana Chess Inc April 2017Dr. Angie's Dental Health Exchange-filling the gap
Par Nanci Yokom October 2016
Westside Wednesday - 2016 Holiday Edition
Par Sam Centellas October 2016
The Local Cup Leadership Training Program
Par Brook & John Hardy, Cat and Mike Griffin October 2016
Round-a-bout Beautification
Par JOHN FOEGLEY - Foegley Landscape October 2016
Change your lawn. Change your city.
Par Kory Lantz October 2016
Original South Bend Commercial
Par Chuck Fry October 2016
Resurrect the Roses at Leeper Park!!
Par Larry Clifford May 2016
River Lights Music Festival
Par Andrew Elegante May 2016
The Birdsell Project
Par Myles Robertson and Nalani Stolz May 2016
LGBTQ Pride
Par Eli Williams May 2016
A Propos
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.