Ann Arbor, MI
Birdie's Bookmobile
ըստ Alyce Hartman May 2023
Brightmoor Volunteers
ըստ John OBrien April 2023
Postpartum Packages
ըստ Sara Koussa February 2023
Dementia Friendly Days At The Movies
ըստ jim mangi January 2023
Deaf and Hard Hearing Social Event
ըստ Amy Pulaski December 2022
Honey Chile Hives
ըստ Rachel Williams November 2022
Growing our Coding with Brainpad
ըստ Christina Adamson October 2022Little Detroit Community Garden
ըստ Loretta Powell September 2022
Fourth Hand Bicycle Project
ըստ Chalene Jones August 2022
Bug Pit Collaborative Arts Summer Play Festival
ըստ Lindsey A Brown July 2022
It's a Whatup Doe Life! Theater Production
ըստ Alvin Lockett June 2022
Birdie's Bookmobile
ըստ Alyce Hartman May 2022
Making Mexican history in Michigan
ըստ Santos Ramos April 2022
Growing Community through Diverse Storytelling
ըստ Drew Pineda March 2022
Healing Justice Through Art and Meditaion
ըստ Nicole Johnson February 2022
Dance / Drill Team Uniform Closet
ըստ Kelly West January 2022
Freeman Elementary Lettuce Grow Stand
ըստ Isabel Hershey December 2021
Open MI Door Washtenaw Jail Work
ըստ Carolyn Schafer-Geurin November 2021
Care Seats of Michigan
ըստ Jenna Dawson October 2021
Elevating Native Voices in a Public Library
ըստ Miranda Cauchi September 2021
Early Chinese Immigrants in 1890s Ypsilanti
ըստ Linette Lao & Matt Siegfried August 2021
Rebuilding the community
ըստ David Neigum II July 2021
The Lookout Project
ըստ Shelby Shaughnessy June 2021
CASM Pop-Up
ըստ Brandon LePage May 2021
Love a Lot, Love a Life
ըստ Patrick McNeal April 2021
Youth Art in Windows grows in Hamtramck & Detroit
ըստ Vickie Elmer March 2021
Dancing Willow Farms Welding Center
ըստ Christopher Lemon February 2021
the Poetics Lab (tPL)
ըստ Mitchel Dipzinski and Dominique Witten January 2021Connect the Camps
ըստ Matthew Hoostal December 2020
A Girl Like Me Inc Mentoring
ըստ Tyra Moore November 2020
Sign of the times
ըստ INGRID ANKERSON October 2020
Activity Packs for Incarcerated Members of SIP
ըստ Frannie Shepherd-Bates September 2020
Redroots of Ann Arbor
ըստ Angelica Esquivel August 2020
Summer Books for Students
ըստ Jessica L. Fleming July 2020
Doorstep Serenades
ըստ Thomas Militello June 2020
Laundry for houseless/housing insecure friends
ըստ Sheri Wander May 2020
Operation PPE
ըստ Adam Smith April 2020
24/7 Free Community Pantry
ըստ D’Real Graham April 2020
Holmes Elementary Learning and Feeding Garden
ըստ Jennifer Sopoci March 2020
MI Voz
ըստ Mayela Rodriguez February 2020
Rule of Three: Black Dance Intensive- West African
ըստ Erin Falker-Obichigha January 2020Affirmations LGBTQ Community Center Youth Drop-In
ըստ Ian Unger December 2019
The Detroit Museum of Public Art
ըստ Viranel Clerard November 2019
Arcasōnica
ըստ Amelia Taylor October 2019
Flint Culture Mural
ըստ Corinne Nuzum September 2019
The Free Black Women's Library-Detroit
ըստ Katelyn Durst August 2019
Inside Out Prison Exchange Program
ըստ Adena Rottenstein, Ph.D. July 2019
Kaboom playground build
ըստ Katrina Watkins June 2019
The Guild Needs A New Community PA
ըստ Alexis Ford May 2019
Bow School Garden
ըստ Elena Sica Mosher May 2019Home Builders Workshop
ըստ Latisha Johnson April 2019
Women of Banglatown Youth Arts
ըստ Lauren Patterson March 2019
Jade + Woe
ըստ Lorenza Centi February 2019
Serve Squad
ըստ Azania Tene' Logan January 2019
WeListen
ըստ Kate Westa January 2019
Leading the Way to Shed
ըստ Margaret Munger December 2018
Lenses Collective
ըստ Jacqueline Carroll, Jane Kramer, and Vivek Vellanki November 2018
Common Cycle Co-Op Launch
ըստ Emma Wendt October 2018
Woman Activist Incabator Retreat
ըստ Patrica Fero September 2018
Wander Packs
ըստ Elizabeth Keller August 2018Project Reentry Resource Navigator
ըստ Holly Wickham July 2018
National Day of Action- Sport, Lawn, and Garden
ըստ Jennifer Oprisiu June 2018
SoulSeed Kitchen Connection
ըստ Vanessa L. Marr May 2018
Shakespeare in Prison
ըստ Frannie Shepherd-Bates April 2018
Ward 1 Productions, Ypsi's Youth Creative Agency
ըստ Ariel Moore March 2018
Black Men Read - Kids Club
ըստ Yodit Mesfin Johnson February 2018
The #Eating Project
ըստ joseph alnarshi January 2018
Rize Two The Top
ըստ Tru Ajani (Mark Rowe) December 2017
Sustainability by Design: A School Bus Conversion
ըստ Victoria Essex November 2017
Michigan Prison Doula Initiative
ըստ Jacqueline Williams October 2017Seraphine Collective's Beat Match Brunch
ըստ Seraphine Collective September 2017
Southeast Michigan Doula Project
ըստ Ashton Steele August 2017Sahbi
ըստ Essam Al-Snayyan July 2017
Futel
ըստ Karl Anderson June 2017
Changing The Norm
ըստ Melvin Parson June 2017
Parisa Ghaderi
ըստ Mark Tucker April 2017COBBLESTONE FARM MARKET
ըստ Hilary Marie Nichols March 2017
SMILE
ըստ Marcy Schwab February 2017Ypsi March for Love, Resilience, and Action
ըստ Ypsi March for Love, Resilience, and Action January 2017Ypsi High Superhero Program
ըստ Jermaine Dickerson December 2016
Supporting Inclusion in Girl Scouts
ըստ Christine Anderson November 2016
Global Water Dances - Flint, MI
ըստ Shawn Lent October 2016
Reel N Wheel
ըստ Shoshanna Utchenik September 2016
ÆPEX Access
ըստ Garrett Schumann September 2016
The 48217
ըստ Benjamin Corona September 2016
The Leaders of the Future - Leadership Incubator
ըստ Anders Engnell June 2016
Youth for Flint: A Volunteer Force for Good
ըստ Brandon Morgan April 2016Ypsilanti Womens mural
ըստ Lynne Settles April 2016
Foster care survival packages
ըստ Alana Weems March 2016
YCHS Band BOSTON TOUR!
ըստ Ypsilanti Community Band Association (President, Dana Leahy) February 2016
Black Nirvana
ըստ Jamall Bufford January 2016
Techno Poetics
ըստ Nandi Comer January 2016
Leesta
ըստ Virginia Lozano October 2015
The Oasis Aquaponic Food Production System
ըստ MIchelle Leach September 2015
Raising Awareness About Juvenile Justice
ըստ Belinda Dulin August 2015
The Washtenaw ID Project
ըստ Janelle Fa'aola July 2015
Festival of the Honey Bee
ըստ Jamie Berlin July 2015
The CivCity Initiative: Pre-Election Potlucks
ըստ Mary Morgan July 2015
Festival of the Honey Bee
ըստ Jamie Berlin April 2015
Live in Peter's Attic
ըստ Peter Littlejohn March 2015
WICIR teen group mural project
ըստ Melissa Stek February 2015
Camp Take Notice - Tiny Home
ըստ Albert Foo December 2014
FEMMES: Females Excelling More in (STEM)
ըստ Felicia Gray October 2014
art-hut festival: create in the commons
ըստ Jason Wright September 2014
"The Aquarium" - Alternative Exhibition Space
ըստ Lea Bult September 2014
National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)
ըստ Charvez Wesley July 2014
Scarlett Summer Music Academy
ըստ Deborah Scott Katz June 2014
A2 Summer Fest Tuesday Bike Nights
ըստ Krysia Hepatica May 2014
Permaculture Tool Share
ըստ Jesse D. Tack May 2014
First Fridays Ypsilanti
ըստ Kayj Michelle February 2014
MPowered Makeathon
ըստ Sydney Bigelow January 2014
Fabulous Contraptions! cardboard arcade pop up
ըստ Linette Lao for FLY Children's Art Center January 2014
FUSE: Mobile Microcinema
ըստ Donald Harrison November 2013
Update on Cooperative Phonograph for skate park
ըստ Michael Flynn November 2013A Face Mask For Girls Playing Field Hockey.
ըստ Allen Samuels November 2013
Broken
ըստ Susan Clinthorne November 2013Adolescent Hackers Alliance
ըստ Katherine Dana Nelson May 2013
Ypsilanti Heritage Festival/Noise Permit
ըստ Andrew Clock May 2013
ExtinBreachR
ըստ Albert Foo March 2013
Ceramic Arts at Sunny Days Summer Camp
ըստ Julie Corey February 2013
Rutherford Pool Rebuild
ըստ John Weiss January 2013Information Access is Awesome: Learning About MDOC
ըստ Lindsey E. Krantz December 2012
YEP (young entrepreneurial people)
ըստ lisa waud, pot & box November 2012
Field Trips For Tutoring Students At YMS!
ըստ Amanda Uhle September 2012
Spontaneous Art Washtenaw County tour
ըստ Trevor Stone of Spontaneous Art August 2012
Ypsi-Arbor Unsung Musical Hereos
ըստ William Streety August 2012Shakespeare in Prison
ըստ Frannie Shepherd-Bates June 2012
Upgrade Video Camera for Community Events
ըստ Roger Rayle May 2012
Dome Sweet Dome
ըստ Amanda Sari Perez April 2012
Bona Sera Above Ground
ըստ Bona Sera March 2012
Youth Fitness Room
ըստ Quinn Phillips February 2012
Peddle Powered Vegetable Grow Rack
ըստ Nathan Ayers December 2011
Մեր մասին
The Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation is the Ann Arbor chapter of the Boston-based micro-philanthropic organization known as the Awesome Foundation. Each fully autonomous chapter supports awesome projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. These micro-grants, $1,000 or the local equivalent, come out of the pockets of the chapter's "trustees" and are given on a no-strings-attached basis to people and groups working on awesome projects. We fund one project per month from what can be a large pool of applicants, so don't be discouraged if your project isn't funded and feel free to apply again for future projects!
Our application process is extremely simple by design, but there are still a couple of key ways to craft an application that makes a particularly awesome first impression. One of our key considerations on every application is what impact our $1,000 will have. We especially love projects where $1,000 can truly go a long way, rather than being just a small contribution to a larger fundraising campaign. It's a big help to us when an applicant can clearly articulate what our mini-grant would make possible.
Another key question we ask ourselves about every grant application is: Is it awesome? You should ask yourself the same question, and do your best to explain to us how your project forwards the interest of awesome in the universe.
Please note that we meet at the beginning of each month, when we consider all applications submitted in the preceding month. As a result, it may take up to six weeks to consider and respond to grant applications. If you're seeking funding for a time-sensitive event or project, please apply early!