South Bend, IN
1st Annual Special Needs/Abilities Prom
Par A Place To Be Me by Children's Dispensary: Heather Gakle, Program Director November 2019
Social Media and Internet Marketing
Par Osvaldo Salazar November 2019
Permit Pending: Hibberd for the Holidays
Par Jacob Titus November 2019
Resurrect Neighborhood Parks
Par Larry Clifford August 2019
The Brain Lair Bookstore Presents
Par Kathy M Burnette August 2019
Silent Film/Live Score
Par Myles Robertson August 2019
B-Credit Worthy
Par Tiffany Simmons May 2019
Musical Charities
Par Andrew Schreiber May 2019
Greater Impact PRINTS
Par Karen Grant May 2019
The Reimagine Competition
Par Celena Green February 2019
Sip Strums - Community Music Lessons
Par Joel Bechlem February 2019
South Bend Zine Club
Par Kristie Wickwire February 2019
The Ragamuffin Bakery: An East Bank Holiday Pop-Up
Par Abigail Gillan November 2018
Alegría Tea Company
Par Natalie PunKay November 2018
PLTW Biomedical Science
Par Jamie Forney November 2018
Ink Project
Par Victoria Kelley August 2018
Children's Museum Start-up
Par Natalie Shafer August 2018
Picnic in the park
Par Kevin and Colleen Lawler August 2018
West.SB Murals
Par Jacob Titus, Helen Cramer, Jules DeLee June 2018
The Birthday Chair
Par Mike Keen June 2018
ReForest South Bend
Par Joseph Molnar June 2018
Peace Bees Second Chance
Par Steven Lesniak February 2018
2018 Spelling Bee Explosion
Par Cory Brazier February 2018
Best.Game Night.Ever
Par Beth Mengel February 2018
South Bend Block Party Toolkit
Par Scott Palmer / Diana Hess February 2018
All Over Creations Bakery
Par Michelle Blandford November 2017
Fall Leadership Retreat
Par Alkeyna Aldridge 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
Sew Loved Women's Center
Par Vicki Miles May 2017
barba'koa Texas Kitchen
Par Santiago Rodriguez May 2017
Urban Adventure Games
Par Jonathan Jones May 2017
West.SB Shirt Truck
Par Jacob Titus May 2017
South Bend Scholastic Chess Championship
Par Michiana Chess Inc April 2017
MAKE SOUTH BEND Community Expansion
Par Michelle FitzGerald April 2017
People Frame
Par Ryan Kring April 2017
The Local Cup Leadership Training Program
Par Brook & John Hardy, Cat and Mike Griffin October 2016
Dr. Angie's Dental Health Exchange-filling the gap
Par Nanci Yokom October 2016
Westside Wednesday - 2016 Holiday Edition
Par Sam Centellas 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
The Birdsell Project
Par Myles Robertson and Nalani Stolz May 2016
River Lights Music Festival
Par Andrew Elegante May 2016
Resurrect the Roses at Leeper Park!!
Par Larry Clifford 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. The Chapter's Fall quarterly meeting will be held at 6pm on Nov 20, 2019 at the South Bend Chocolate Cafe in downtown South Bend (122 S. Michigan St.).
Submissions for the Summer Quarterly meeting are due by 5PM on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019.
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.
DISCLAIMER: The South Bend Awesome Fund reserves the right to publish information regarding finalists and grant recipients to the media and general public.
