Ann Arbor, MI
ZeroWaste.Org Trash Talk Tour 2024
ըստ Samuel McMullen September 2024Theater for All Abilities
ըստ Magda Kadlitz August 2024Revamping REpurpose
ըստ Jess Pascoal July 2024Family Fun Day
ըստ Lois Pullano June 2024Free Art Fridays
ըստ Lauryn Benning April 2024Ethnic Hair Care for our food pantry
ըստ Sarah Shugart April 2024Camp compassion/ A2outreach
ըստ Matthew Ousley February 2024Furnishing Homes for the Formerly Homeless
ըստ monique deschaine January 2024Unique Care Connect Community Center
ըստ Shahrazad Kennedy January 2024Empower Creative Reuse
ըստ Caitlin Burr December 2023Project LIT - More than just a Book Club
ըստ Deb Schreck November 2023Coding Class for High School Students
ըստ Alicia McKay October 2023Pollinators Eat for Free
ըստ Steve Veldheer September 2023The Michigan Foster Care Closet
ըստ Karen Field August 2023StoryWalk
ըստ Linda Bazzi July 2023Festival of the Pollinator/Rumble of the Bumble
ըստ Claire Broderick June 2023Birdie's Bookmobile
ըստ Alyce Hartman May 2023Brightmoor Volunteers
ըստ John OBrien April 2023Postpartum Packages
ըստ Sara Koussa February 2023Dementia Friendly Days At The Movies
ըստ jim mangi January 2023Deaf and Hard Hearing Social Event
ըստ Amy Pulaski December 2022Honey Chile Hives
ըստ Rachel Williams November 2022Growing our Coding with Brainpad
ըստ Christina Adamson October 2022Little Detroit Community Garden
ըստ Loretta Powell September 2022Fourth Hand Bicycle Project
ըստ Chalene Jones August 2022Bug Pit Collaborative Arts Summer Play Festival
ըստ Lindsey A Brown July 2022It's a Whatup Doe Life! Theater Production
ըստ Alvin Lockett June 2022Birdie's Bookmobile
ըստ Alyce Hartman May 2022Making Mexican history in Michigan
ըստ Santos Ramos April 2022Growing Community through Diverse Storytelling
ըստ Drew Pineda March 2022Healing Justice Through Art and Meditaion
ըստ Nicole Johnson February 2022Dance / Drill Team Uniform Closet
ըստ Kelly West January 2022Freeman Elementary Lettuce Grow Stand
ըստ Isabel Hershey December 2021Open MI Door Washtenaw Jail Work
ըստ Carolyn Schafer-Geurin November 2021Care Seats of Michigan
ըստ Jenna Dawson October 2021Elevating Native Voices in a Public Library
ըստ Miranda Cauchi September 2021Early Chinese Immigrants in 1890s Ypsilanti
ըստ Linette Lao & Matt Siegfried August 2021Rebuilding the community
ըստ David Neigum II July 2021The Lookout Project
ըստ Shelby Shaughnessy June 2021CASM Pop-Up
ըստ Brandon LePage May 2021Love a Lot, Love a Life
ըստ Patrick McNeal April 2021Youth Art in Windows grows in Hamtramck & Detroit
ըստ Vickie Elmer March 2021Dancing Willow Farms Welding Center
ըստ Christopher Lemon February 2021the Poetics Lab (tPL)
ըստ Mitchel Dipzinski and Dominique Witten January 2021Connect the Camps
ըստ Matthew Hoostal December 2020A Girl Like Me Inc Mentoring
ըստ Tyra Moore November 2020Sign of the times
ըստ INGRID ANKERSON October 2020Activity Packs for Incarcerated Members of SIP
ըստ Frannie Shepherd-Bates September 2020Redroots of Ann Arbor
ըստ Angelica Esquivel August 2020Summer Books for Students
ըստ Jessica L. Fleming July 2020Doorstep Serenades
ըստ Thomas Militello June 2020Laundry for houseless/housing insecure friends
ըստ Sheri Wander May 2020Operation PPE
ըստ Adam Smith April 202024/7 Free Community Pantry
ըստ D’Real Graham April 2020Holmes Elementary Learning and Feeding Garden
ըստ Jennifer Sopoci March 2020MI Voz
ըստ Mayela Rodriguez February 2020Rule of Three: Black Dance Intensive- West African
ըստ Erin Falker-Obichigha January 2020Affirmations LGBTQ Community Center Youth Drop-In
ըստ Ian Unger December 2019The Detroit Museum of Public Art
ըստ Viranel Clerard November 2019Arcasōnica
ըստ Amelia Taylor October 2019Flint Culture Mural
ըստ Corinne Nuzum September 2019The Free Black Women's Library-Detroit
ըստ Katelyn Durst August 2019Inside Out Prison Exchange Program
ըստ Adena Rottenstein, Ph.D. July 2019Kaboom playground build
ըստ Katrina Watkins June 2019The Guild Needs A New Community PA
ըստ Alexis Ford May 2019Bow School Garden
ըստ Elena Sica Mosher May 2019Home Builders Workshop
ըստ Latisha Johnson April 2019Women of Banglatown Youth Arts
ըստ Lauren Patterson March 2019Jade + Woe
ըստ Lorenza Centi February 2019WeListen
ըստ Kate Westa January 2019Serve Squad
ըստ Azania Tene' Logan January 2019Leading the Way to Shed
ըստ Margaret Munger December 2018Lenses Collective
ըստ Jacqueline Carroll, Jane Kramer, and Vivek Vellanki November 2018Common Cycle Co-Op Launch
ըստ Emma Wendt October 2018Woman Activist Incabator Retreat
ըստ Patrica Fero September 2018Wander Packs
ըստ Elizabeth Keller August 2018Project Reentry Resource Navigator
ըստ Holly Wickham July 2018National Day of Action- Sport, Lawn, and Garden
ըստ Jennifer Oprisiu June 2018SoulSeed Kitchen Connection
ըստ Vanessa L. Marr May 2018Shakespeare in Prison
ըստ Frannie Shepherd-Bates April 2018Ward 1 Productions, Ypsi's Youth Creative Agency
ըստ Ariel Moore March 2018Black Men Read - Kids Club
ըստ Yodit Mesfin Johnson February 2018The #Eating Project
ըստ joseph alnarshi January 2018Rize Two The Top
ըստ Tru Ajani (Mark Rowe) December 2017Sustainability by Design: A School Bus Conversion
ըստ Victoria Essex November 2017Michigan Prison Doula Initiative
ըստ Jacqueline Williams October 2017Seraphine Collective's Beat Match Brunch
ըստ Seraphine Collective September 2017Southeast Michigan Doula Project
ըստ Ashton Steele August 2017Sahbi
ըստ Essam Al-Snayyan July 2017Futel
ըստ Karl Anderson June 2017Changing The Norm
ըստ Melvin Parson June 2017Parisa Ghaderi
ըստ Mark Tucker April 2017COBBLESTONE FARM MARKET
ըստ Hilary Marie Nichols March 2017SMILE
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 2016Supporting Inclusion in Girl Scouts
ըստ Christine Anderson November 2016Global Water Dances - Flint, MI
ըստ Shawn Lent October 2016The 48217
ըստ Benjamin Corona September 2016Reel N Wheel
ըստ Shoshanna Utchenik September 2016ÆPEX Access
ըստ Garrett Schumann September 2016The Leaders of the Future - Leadership Incubator
ըստ Anders Engnell June 2016Youth for Flint: A Volunteer Force for Good
ըստ Brandon Morgan April 2016Ypsilanti Womens mural
ըստ Lynne Settles April 2016Foster care survival packages
ըստ Alana Weems March 2016YCHS Band BOSTON TOUR!
ըստ Ypsilanti Community Band Association (President, Dana Leahy) February 2016Black Nirvana
ըստ Jamall Bufford January 2016Techno Poetics
ըստ Nandi Comer January 2016Leesta
ըստ Virginia Lozano October 2015The Oasis Aquaponic Food Production System
ըստ MIchelle Leach September 2015Raising Awareness About Juvenile Justice
ըստ Belinda Dulin August 2015Festival of the Honey Bee
ըստ Jamie Berlin July 2015The CivCity Initiative: Pre-Election Potlucks
ըստ Mary Morgan July 2015The Washtenaw ID Project
ըստ Janelle Fa'aola July 2015Festival of the Honey Bee
ըստ Jamie Berlin April 2015Live in Peter's Attic
ըստ Peter Littlejohn March 2015WICIR teen group mural project
ըստ Melissa Stek February 2015Camp Take Notice - Tiny Home
ըստ Albert Foo December 2014FEMMES: Females Excelling More in (STEM)
ըստ Felicia Gray October 2014art-hut festival: create in the commons
ըստ Jason Wright September 2014"The Aquarium" - Alternative Exhibition Space
ըստ Lea Bult September 2014National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)
ըստ Charvez Wesley July 2014Scarlett Summer Music Academy
ըստ Deborah Scott Katz June 2014Permaculture Tool Share
ըստ Jesse D. Tack May 2014A2 Summer Fest Tuesday Bike Nights
ըստ Krysia Hepatica May 2014First Fridays Ypsilanti
ըստ Kayj Michelle February 2014Fabulous Contraptions! cardboard arcade pop up
ըստ Linette Lao for FLY Children's Art Center January 2014MPowered Makeathon
ըստ Sydney Bigelow January 2014A Face Mask For Girls Playing Field Hockey.
ըստ Allen Samuels November 2013Broken
ըստ Susan Clinthorne November 2013FUSE: Mobile Microcinema
ըստ Donald Harrison November 2013Update on Cooperative Phonograph for skate park
ըստ Michael Flynn November 2013Adolescent Hackers Alliance
ըստ Katherine Dana Nelson May 2013Ypsilanti Heritage Festival/Noise Permit
ըստ Andrew Clock May 2013ExtinBreachR
ըստ Albert Foo March 2013Ceramic Arts at Sunny Days Summer Camp
ըստ Julie Corey February 2013Rutherford Pool Rebuild
ըստ John Weiss January 2013Information Access is Awesome: Learning About MDOC
ըստ Lindsey E. Krantz December 2012YEP (young entrepreneurial people)
ըստ lisa waud, pot & box November 2012Field Trips For Tutoring Students At YMS!
ըստ Amanda Uhle September 2012Ypsi-Arbor Unsung Musical Hereos
ըստ William Streety August 2012Spontaneous Art Washtenaw County tour
ըստ Trevor Stone of Spontaneous Art August 2012Shakespeare in Prison
ըստ Frannie Shepherd-Bates June 2012Upgrade Video Camera for Community Events
ըստ Roger Rayle May 2012Dome Sweet Dome
ըստ Amanda Sari Perez April 2012Bona Sera Above Ground
ըստ Bona Sera March 2012Youth Fitness Room
ըստ Quinn Phillips February 2012Peddle Powered Vegetable Grow Rack
ըստ Nathan Ayers December 2011Մեր մասին
The Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation is the Ann Arbor chapter of the Boston-based micro-philanthropic organization known as the Awesome Foundation. We award a $1,000 grant every month to a group or individual working to make an impact in our community. These micro-grants come out of the pockets of the chapter's "trustees" – awesome individuals just like you who want to see Michigan become even awesomer than it already is! Grants are given on a no-strings-attached basis. 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!
Anyone can apply. Yep, even you! Don’t worry if you’ve never applied for a grant.
HOW WE WORK
Every month trustees review applications submitted from the previous month. As a result, it may take up to six weeks for us to consider and respond to grant applications. We then come together to discuss applications. We look through photos, follow shared links, and give impassioned speeches about which awesome application is most awesomest. We then vote on the spot and our local dean follows up soon after with the winner to issue the grant. No reporting is required, but we always love updates!
WHAT WE FUND
-Where: While we consider applications from across Michigan, we prioritize projects in Southeast Michigan and even more in our stomping grounds of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti.
-Topics: We support projects and causes of all types including: art, culture, music, community, education, environment, animal welfare, human rights, diversity, and community events.
-Impact: We favor grant proposals with a clear articulation of how the money will be used to make an impact in your community. Especially if it is something that would not be possible without this funding, rather than our grant 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.
-Who: We’ve funded individuals, collectives, nonprofits, and grassroots organizations, regardless of formal nonprofit status.
WHAT WE DON’T FUND
-Business costs - there are a lot of seed funding opportunities out there.
-Personal creative projects - sorry, we can’t fund your novel.
-Rent, bills, travel, supplies, stipends, or limited scholarships.
-Individual education or training.
-General operating funds for nonprofits.
ADDITIONAL TIPS
-Be sure to describe how your project will make your community more awesome.
-Break down how you will spend the grant. Is this budget part of a larger fundraising effort OR will $1,000 get your project off the ground?
-Have partners? Let us know if you’re working with anyone to make your awesome project possible.
-We prefer to support projects where our $1,000 makes a difference - either enabling a project that might not otherwise happen, or supporting an individual or group that may otherwise be overlooked or not fit within more traditional funding and grant opportunities.
-Finally, equity and inclusion aren’t just words for us. We’re committed to supporting those on the ground working to make their communities more fair and just.
Questions? Email us at annarbor@awesomefoundation.org