Austin, TX
The ReWork Project: Dignified Work Opportunities
Door Allison Eskew September 2025
Open Road for All
Door Jen Collins July 2025
ROLE:KAWL - Keeping Austin Weird & Live
Door Jasmine Beatty March 2025
Christmas Joy for Kids
Door Jennifer Jones, Austin Mutual Aid December 2024
Free Book Fairs for Disadvantaged Kids
Door Brooke Terry September 2024
Adaptive Gardening Equipment for AISD Students
Door Amy Bartos August 2024
Empowering Afghan Women Refugees through Literacy
Door Chichi Armstrong July 2024
Shea Butter Babies:Celebrating Queer Black Artists
Door Kitty McLeod June 2024
Composting for a Soil-Rich Farming Future
Door Hayley Wood February 2024
Suicide Prevention Awareness & Knowledge in ASL
Door Allysa Dittmar January 2024
Awesome Tummies of North Austin
Door Tom Cottar October 2023
Editing equipment for Elementary School Newscast
Door Candi Johnson August 2023
Street Medics Austin
Door Matthew Blaney July 2023
Expansion of LGBTQIA+ Library for Austin's Youth
Door Christopher Dowling-Magill June 2023
Touch the Art: An Interactive Art Exhibition
Door Natalie Earhart April 2023
Creating Gifted Programs that Represent Austin
Door Shalelia Dillard March 2023
Yellow Bike Project
Door Scott Menzies November 2022
"Yamel Cucuy" by Glass Half Full Theatre
Door Caroline Reck July 2022
Swing Equality for the Differently-Abled
Door Dr. Jacqueline Abernathy, MSSW, Ph.D., May 2022
A Full Life for folks with IDD
Door Joseph Potts February 2022
Equal Access to Abortion Care in Central Texas
Door The Bridge Collective December 2021
Open Call: Showtune Open Mic Night
Door Susan Johnston Taylor November 2021
Black and Brown Academics and Mentorship
Door Esther Nnali October 2021
Summer Break Theatre
Door Maggie Bell (Meador) June 2021
AAAFF Centerpiece Film Drive-In Live Performance
Door Hanna Huang April 2021
Humanize Austin
Door Dusty Monroe February 2021
Foundation Communities Holiday Assistance Program
Door Foundation Communities December 2020
S.T.R.I.V.E. with Women's Storybook Project
Door Jill Gonzalez November 2020
Enjambment, the zine
Door Spencer Dunkerley-Offor, Jeremy Gatson, Julian Perkins, Danny Martin & Melodi Ramirez October 2020
Smash Dysphoria
Door E. Victoria August 2020
COVID-19 Hunger Relief
Door Central Texas Food Bank April 2020
ATX Interfaces: a radically inclusive art showcase
Door KB February 2020
Linder Elementary Parenting Engagement Theater
Door Maria Hanley December 2019
Let's Make our Mariachi Awesome
Door Diana Manzo November 2019
East Austin Studio Tour: Art Roller Coaster
Door Kami T Wilt September 2019
Giving Austin Labor Support
Door Morgan Miles July 2019
Outsiders Anonymous
Door Adam Holt June 2019
First Annual Short Play Festival
Door Simone Alexander, New Manifest Theatre April 2019
SAGE Studio Spring Art Show
Door Katie Stahl March 2019
Transgender Day of Visibility
Door Drew Riley February 2019
Write! Austin
Door ND McCray January 2019
The Tiny Banger
Door Alice Stanley December 2018
Language Access for Christopher House
Door Hospice Austin November 2018
Indigenous Peoples Day: A Decolonial Celebration
Door ALBERTO MEJIA October 2018
We Can See Through Time
Door Rachel Wolfson Smith September 2018
The Texas Justice Initiative
Door Eva Ruth Moravec July 2018
Home Street Music
Door Vanessa Lively June 2018
Austin Abortion Access Hackathon
Door Emily Loen May 2018
LGBTQIA+ Youth Summit for Austin ISD
Door Max Casero, Communities in Schools April 2018
Civics 101: Your Guide To A Functional Democracy
Door Amy Stansbury January 2018
Making It at the Downs-Jones Library
Door Katrina Ashton at Huston-Tillotson University December 2017
Family Holiday Superbowl
Door Kristin Davidson & Williamson County Juvenile Services November 2017
Interwoven: A Community Weaving Project
Door Melissa Knight September 2017
Gender Unbound
Door Drew Riley August 2017
Into the Wilds: A Portrait Project
Door Jeanette Nevarez July 2017
TWENTYEIGHT: a new play
Door Katherine Wilkinson June 2017
A New Kiln, and a Fresh Start
Door Adam Yoo May 2017
The Dobie Middle School Family Resource Center
Door Jose Carrasco April 2017
A Girl Named Sue: world premiere
Door Color Arc Productions February 2017
Wild Places
Door Joanna Garner January 2017
Austin Cares Homeless Initiative
Door Sarah Ellis & Lauren Seiss December 2016
Successful Smiles of Texas
Door Alethea Flores November 2016
Plastic Planet Animated PSA
Door Calder Kamin October 2016
10th Annual KreweDCM Halloween Parade
Door Christopher McMillan September 2016
Austin Archives Bazaar 2016
Door Kristy Sorensen July 2016
arcade of anything
Door JUEGOS RANCHEROS June 2016
Party World Rasslin'
Door Timothy Faust May 2016
Performance-In-A-Box: Storytelling for Seniors
Door Maggie Gallant & CASACA April 2016
CaveCast: Stories from Austin High Schoolers
Door Katie Angermeier Haab & Austin Bat Cave March 2016
Ravaan Persian Dance Company
Door Geeti Mahajan February 2016
Shakespeare: REPRESENT
Door Shrewd Productions January 2016
Our Taco House Co-op
Door Raquel Banda & Shirley Trevino December 2015
RE Source
Door Forklift Danceworks November 2015
Adventure Therapy for Homeless Families
Door Annette Pelletier October 2015
CLAWstin: Austin Collective of Lady Arm Wrestlers
Door Amanda Soisson September 2015
Anthropos All-Stars CD Project
Door Dylan Jones, Anthropos Arts July 2015
Circus of Hope
Door Kenneth Pierce June 2015
The Quality or Condition
Door Lauren Gurgiolo, Backstop Art Collective May 2015
Freehand Arts Project: Bringing the creative arts to those behind bars
Door Kelsey Shipman, The Freehand Arts Project April 2015
Ballenarca: The Whale Ark
Door Cheraya Esters March 2015
RE/CONNECT: Examining intimacy in a digital age
Door Kristen Weller February 2015
BLXPLTN
Door Katherine Quinones January 2015
The Gay Wax Museum
Door Silky Shoemaker December 2014
Inside Books Project: promoting literacy for prisoners
Door Jane Chamberlain, Inside Books Project November 2014
Bilingual books for kids, by kids
Door Jennifer Siviter October 2014
The Krewe DCM Halloween Parade
Door Krewe DCM & HONK!TX September 2014
KOOP: Bringing the power of radio to the people
Door KOOP 91.7 FM August 2014
Spaces for reflection at Austin's green cemetery
Door Ellen MacDonald July 2014
HOPE Outdoor Gallery: Showcasing Austin street art
Door Andi Scull Cheatham, HOPE Outdoor Gallery June 2014
Third Coast Visions: Mobile Geodesic Dome Gallery
Door Chancellor Roberts, Third Coast Visions Art Collective May 2014
Spoiler Alert: This Is How My Life Ends
Door Jay Byrd April 2014
SKAM mural rehab: Preserving a piece of history
Door Lindsay Palmer, Creative Action March 2014
Old Books for New Teachers
Door Stephanie Noll February 2014
Elementary Science Discovery
Door Amy Quartaro January 2014
The Texas Observer: Reaching Millions
Door Piper Nelson December 2013
Legends for Youth baseball clinic for kids with disabilities
Door John Lorek November 2013
Attendance Records: Inspiring Austin's next generation of musicians
Door Jenna Carrens, Attendance Records October 2013
Citizen Node
Door Amy Cavender August 2013
A Dance to Remember
Door Maggie Gallant of CASACA July 2013
Powering a Robot with a Control Moment Gyroscope
Door Joshua Stricker and Marek Travnikar June 2013
Queerbomb
Door Beth Schindler May 2013
Performing Possibilities: Life after Prison
Door Katherine Craft, Conspire Theatre April 2013
Have A Ball
Door Jackie Garrett March 2013
Environmental Remediation Thru Hydrilla Harvesting
Door Michael Jochum February 2013
Housewarming Gifts for the Previously Homeless
Door Bryce Yeazell January 2013
Cooking Up English
Door Casey Smith December 2012
HONK!TX: Festival of Community Street Bands
Door HONK!TX November 2012
Austin Sea Veggies
Door Lewis Weil October 2012
Color Squad: Youth transforming public spaces
Door Lindsay Palmer September 2012
Burnet-Ohlen Treescape
Door Steven Zettner August 2012
Urban Nature. Urban Kids.
Door Bernadette Noll July 2012
Astronomy for underserved populations
Door Amy Jackson June 2012
Slow Cooking for a Fast Food World
Door Beth Rowan May 2012
Children of Bagbanistan
Door Lenell Ripley April 2012
The Pay Phone Revival Project
Door Bridget Quinn March 2012
Over Ons
We are the Austin, Texas chapter of the Awesome Foundation!
If you have an idea that could help keep Austin awesome, we hope you'll apply for one of our $1000 micro-grants. What does "awesome" mean, you ask? That's something we purposely leave up to your imagination. From a pop-up recreation of the Indiana Jones boulder scene to meat-filled zebra pinatas, if you can dream it, the Awesome Foundation would like to help you do it! Note: If your project is time-sensitive, we strongly recommend you apply at least 90 days in advance of when funds are needed.
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If you're interested in joining us as a trustee, we invite you to e-mail us at austin@awesomefoundation.org. We’d love to have you!
