Sydney
The Reconnect Project
Par Annette Mayne December 2020
Shade arbour for Plant Street Library
Par Kelly Robin Parkins December 2020
The Girls' edit
Par Priyanka Bromhead November 2020
Swim Sisters Surf Lifesaving for CaLD Communites
Par Yusra Metwally October 2020Coloured Aliens
Par Tiffany Wong August 2020Keeping Rough Sleepers Warm
Par Jackie Warn July 2020
Quicksan
Par Ritwik Dasgupta June 2020
Refloat the Titanic Volunteer Party
Par Jon Simpson May 2020
Face Shields for Medical Staff
Par Naomi Brennan April 2020
Lego for life
Par Paul Karbon March 2020
Bottle Lid Project
Par Marijana Nad February 2020
LumiCrux
Par Melissa Silk and Annette Mauer February 2020
Community Weekend at the Beach
Par Naomi Smith January 2020
Voices of Women CLEARWAY 2020
Par Lliane Clarke December 2019
Refugee Driving program
Par Caroline Seaton November 2019TLC Choir for People with Dementia & Their Carers
Par Geena Cheung October 2019
Pocket City Farms needs more TOOLS!
Par Michael Zagoridis August 2019
Hair Aid Community Cuts
Par Selina Tomasich July 2019
The Supertee project
Par Jason sotiris June 2019
Hinchinbrook Hornets Open Women Team
Par Jax Cornforth May 2019
Penrith Rainbow Families Playgroup
Par Simone Seeley April 2019
Paddock to Plate Garden
Par Fiona Liddle March 2019
CHIKAS
Par Genevieve Craig December 2018
Music Therapy for the Elderly
Par paul trad November 2018Groove Rising
Par Asuka Hara October 2018
DesignAbility
Par Mona September 2018
Uz: The Town
Par Elizabeth Chua August 2018
Let's Coach the Coach
Par Kristina Travers July 2018
Collarenebri sporting Leadership Project
Par Paul Peters June 2018
Inner West Beekeepers
Par Nathan Organ May 2018Riverwood Reaching
Par Alicia Boyden April 2018
Heart and Soul Story's S.T.E.P
Par Samantha Felicity Heron March 2018
The Monstrosities
Par Scott Parker February 2018
FLEX
Par Cameron Stead January 2018Accessible Abstracts
Par M. Sunflower December 2017
Inner West Tool Library
Par Amy Croucher November 2017
Good to Go
Par Nanak Narulla October 2017
Woolloomooloo Workshop Cafe
Par Lincoln Smith June 2017
Musical Pool Noodle
Par Rachael Mackay May 2017
Playgroups in The Park
Par Natasha Sitanala April 2017Pocket Sized Precincts
Par Rebecca Whittington March 2017Comedy Of Art
Par Ivan Levant February 2017
TechFugees Australia #Hack4Refugees
Par Nicole Williamson December 2016
Back to School with a Smile
Par Natalie Wall November 2016Uprock Urban Arts Festival
Par Matthew Peet September 2016
HSCHero
Par Cindy July 2016
NEWTOWN NETFLIX NIGHTS
Par Chloe Saintilan June 2016
FoodFaith PlantingSeeds interfaith/cultural garden
Par Judy Friedlander May 2016
The Super Pollinators - Aussie Native Bees
Par ABBIE MITCHELL April 2016
Weekly Friday Lunch for Marginalised (at risk) You
Par Satha Arumanayagam March 2016Femme Fatale
Par Carissa Licciardello December 2015
Young Aboriginal Mother’s and Children Mural
Par Norma Tracey November 2015YAMMP - Young Aborigianl Mothers Mural Project
Par Norma Tracey October 2015On The Floor
Par Ollie Henderson September 2015
The Seaside Scavenge
Par Anna Jane Linke August 2015
Disability Beyond Boundaries
Par Zhila Hasanloo July 2015
Off The Wall Gallery
Par M. Sunflower Trad June 2015
Biri Biri (Aboriginal Cafe)
Par Matthew Pettit May 2015
Care to Converse
Par Jen Aboki April 2015
Every Little Bit Helps
Par Katryna Robinson March 2015
A Sense of Place: Sydney's Inner West
Par Lisa Cross November 2014
Pizza in the Druitt
Par Melissa Murphy October 2014Mayors and MP's Morning Ride
Par Sarah Ladyman September 2014
Primary Schoolers Programming with Bee-Bots
Par Keira Fotakopoulos August 2014
TRAP'D - The Rhythmic Arts Project Downunder
Par Andrew Hewitt July 2014
Arena Calcetto at The Rocks
Par Archrival May 2014
OpenLingo
Par Leigh Harris April 2014
Rooftop Garden for refugee's and asylum seekers
Par Rob Caslick February 2014
The Equal Hearts Project
Par Fiona Hueston February 2014
#wildsydney
Par Diego BONETTO October 2013
Meet the Maker
Par Youth Food Movement - Melissa Ronca & Alecia Wood October 2013
Re:make
Par Vanessa Berry September 2013
Laneway Learning Sydney
Par Rick Benger August 2013
Clovelly Road Better Block
Par Phil Stubbs July 2013
BYOB - Bring your own Beamer
Par Tristan Deratz May 2013
The Newsagency
Par Alison Avron Flett April 2013
The Backyard Bus
Par Emma Cother (Emerald Violin) March 2013
Truth or Dare Sydney
Par Leigh Russell February 2013
Craft Bike
Par Kitiya Palaskas January 2013
Sydney Small Bar Documentary
Par Mel November 2012
Hoopy Happenings
Par Jewelz October 2012
Pop up Ping Pong at Green Square
Par John O'Callaghan September 2012
Guerilla Dinner - know your food, know your farmer
Par Youth Food Movement Sydney August 2012Under new Management
Par Josh Capelin July 2012Australian National Qualifier for breakdancing
Par Kristy Delaney April 2012
Chalk & Talk
Par Briar Hayward March 2012
Hungry Ghost sound walk
Par Mei Tsering February 2012
The Dollar Shop
Par Louise Helliwell January 2012
Guerilla Lego project
Par Nick Keilar November 2011
Compos(ur)e
Par Peter Wildman October 2011Physique Aerobics
Par Kirk Docker September 2011
World's smallest patch synthesizer
Par Aras Vaichas August 2011
PAN magazine
Par Emma Dallas July 2011
A Propos
We love funding projects that make Sydney more awesome.
The Awesome Foundation is a global network of micro-giving chapters that give $1000 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 800 micro-grant applications and given away nearly $80,000. That's a whole lot of awesome.
Tips for your application
There aren’t any rules, but we do prefer to fund ideas that:
- Make us say ‘that’s awesome!’
- Clearly show us how you will spend the $1,000 - here's an example of a grant recipient with a great itemised budget breakdown
- Have a ‘tipping point’ of $1,000 and our grant is what’s needed to make it happen
- Make Sydney more awesome
Things to avoid when applying:
Application deadline
Apps close at 6.30pm on the first Tuesday of every month.
How to 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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