Melbourne
Five Oh Five
Por Maya Lakerink August 2023
Rethink Recycling Lid Sorting Program
Por Kym O'Shannassy July 2023
Sabbatical Gallery This is Not a Toy Store
Por Kay-Lynn Cavanagh June 2023
Refugee & Friends Market
Por Marjorie Tenchavez May 2023
Igniting a Passion for STEM in Brunswick!
Por Lillian Smith April 2023
A hub for Mums of the Hills
Por Mums of the Hills (Madeleine Coyle) March 2023
Love (Let Our Voices Echo)
Por Emmanuel Deng February 2023
Come and play!
Por Engela van der Klashorst January 2023
Keeping Collingwood Cows Happy !
Por Dale Jobson December 2022
Beacon Project
Por Andrew December 2022
Paddling to the Asian Championships
Por Racheal Blake October 2022An utterly fabulous wall mural by Monica Lazzari
Por Kirsten Matthews October 2022
Karuna Women's Sewing Project
Por Nathan Buckley September 2022
Custom-Made Laryngoscopes for Australian Mammals
Por Girius Antanaitis August 2022
Be Kind Roller Skates
Por Roz Slade July 2022
UV Photobooth
Por Grace Tang July 2022
Netball Uniforms
Por Kelly Fergie June 2022Moonee Valley Repair Cafe
Por Charlie Nancarrow May 2022
The Aus Paraclimbing Team's World Cup Journey
Por Sarah Larcombe April 2022
Pixellated the Game
Por Zahraa Al Zubaydi March 2022
Snowglobe LGBTQIA+ Support Services AI Chatbot
Por Jessica Sutherland February 2022
GINA App
Por Leah Tassios January 2022A STAGE for our performers
Por Breanne Mills November 2021
Fungi Solutions
Por Amanda Morgan October 2021
Dallas Disco Soup
Por Carolyn Webster September 2021
SS Stallions Netball Club Uniforms
Por Jacki Tut August 2021Dinosaurs can skate with Vandal
Por Tricia Van Der-Kuyp June 2021
Techno-Romance
Por Holly Block May 2021
Off Lead - web series
Por Lauren Colosimo April 2021
Ectodermal dysplasia camp
Por Emma March 2021
Wheelie Awesome Waminda
Por Waminda Community House February 2021
Consent Workshops for Low Socioeconomic Schools
Por Kishan Pathak January 2021
Spill the Chai: Melbourne Edition
Por Dilpreet Taggar November 2020
Big Group Hug
Por Donna De Bortoli October 2020
Schizy Speaks
Por Heidi Everett September 2020
Lockdown Legends
Por Preethi Vergis August 2020
Buy Bla(c)k
Por jessica ankomah July 2020
Guru Nanak's Free Community Kitchen & Food Pantry
Por Gurvinder Singh Madaan June 2020
Birds of Prey
Por Amber Steele May 2020
Avenel's Awesome Cubby House!
Por Avenel Kindergarten (Emma Larsen) April 2020
The Waminda Wall
Por Janet Symes March 2020
Encompassible: Melbourne Youth Peer Mentoring
Por Lily Wu February 2020
Mental Health Careres Respite Day
Por Rebecca Martindale January 2020
Dishwasher for foodbank volunteers
Por Carol Franceschi November 2019My Very Cool Project For Geography
Por Angus Paterson October 2019
Wheels for Dancing
Por Jacqi Spencer September 2019
Fifth Element Academy: Math + Hip Hop
Por Preethi Vergis August 2019
'I AM' art exhibition
Por Lenka Brazda July 2019Now You See Us
Por Lee Cohen June 2019
Reaching for Gold
Por Sam Cartledge May 2019
Children of Cherbourg
Por John harding February 2019
Day Hospice guest bus pick up
Por Kerry Dmytrenko February 2019Kensington Social Inclusion Week Lunch
Por Carolyn Webster August 2018
The arts as a therapy in stroke recovery
Por Carly Stephens August 2018ANIKA
Por Perveen Maan May 2018
Wheelie Good Greenhouse
Por Morgan Koegel March 2018
Let's read
Por Andrew Kay February 2018
Kids' Urban Dreaming
Por Clare Walton February 2018
Teddy Bears Picnic
Por Georgia Jacobs & Fartun Abdi November 2017An awesome VIP Day for Melbourne's homeless
Por Marcus Crook November 2017
Equal Access to Healthcare for Transgender People
Por Tina Shaw September 2017
Dinosaur- Library Takeover: Kids change the world!
Por Erin Wicking September 2017
The Strong Sunflower book
Por Writing Through Fences - Janet Galbraith & Rose Turtle Ertler July 2017
Gravity Initiative
Por Emily Serle June 2017
Kitestring
Por Ryan Hubbard April 2017
Pay A sack Forward
Por Kunti Benson March 2017
Friendship Dog Foundation
Por Hari Jeevakumar February 2017
Audio Description in Victoria
Por Will McRostie January 2017
Greening Kensington’s Industrial Streets
Por Loretta Curtin November 2016Pihuru Community Sanitation Project
Por Silas Wagatora October 2016
The Ultimate Pop Up Junkyard Playground
Por Clare Walton September 2016
Complimentary Caravan
Por Rose Turtle Ertler August 2016
Pumped for Parole
Por Fiona Grinwald July 2016
Mechanical Youth
Por Shane Elmore May 2016
The Day Dream Program
Por Madeleine Buchner April 2016
The Wonder Woman Bootcamp
Por Olivia Shelton March 2016
Community Workshop: On The Move
Por Margaux Hayes January 2016Unique walking tours of Melbourne
Por Joanne Jenkins December 2015
Be. Bangles - Inspirational bangles for women
Por Chantelle Baxter October 2015
The Tasmanian Tree Project
Por Jennifer Sanger September 2015
Happy Hubbub
Por Erin Richards August 2015
Instagran
Por Kyle Vermeulen August 2015
PROJECT HONEYCOMB
Por Christopher Kowalski July 2015
Sunshine Children's Garden
Por Joyce Watts / Jo Skaldzien June 2015
Up-skilling at Norm Community Workshop
Por margaux hayes May 2015
The Welcome Dinner Project Victoria
Por Meagan Williams April 2015
The Man Cave
Por Hunter Johnson April 2015
Long Johns Condoms
Por Brad Zadow April 2015
Second Star - Mermaid Bar
Por Brianna Lund April 2015
Australian Ichthyosis Meet
Por Carly Findlay January 2015
Wearable Arts Experience - From Concept to catwalk
Por Alison Jones November 2014The Melbourne Hidden Gift
Por Hidden Gift Melbourne October 2014
Long Street Coffee Training Pop-up
Por Jane Marx September 2014PointsThing
Por Jacob Kemsley August 2014
Our World Our Vision
Por Atalanti Dionysus August 2014TEAM OF LIFE
Por KAGE (Submitted by Simone Schinkel - General Manager and Producer at KAGE) June 2014
Bosom Buddies
Por Anna Kaplan May 2014
Electrical Wiring Pilot Program for Women in Nepal
Por Briony Mackenzie May 2014
EDDIES BACKPACKS
Por DARRELL J CRUSE April 2014
Seen & Heard Film Festival - Melbourne
Por Mia Falstein-Rush February 2014
National Boat Day
Por Michael Roper December 2013
Traveling Gypsy for Disabled
Por Robert Willi Fantom October 2013Growstuff
Por Alex Bayley September 2013
Mini Free Library
Por Lisa D'Onofrio September 2013
The Grantmaker Jukebox: Music that makes new grant
Por Rachael Byrnes February 2013
PetHomeStay Videos - Sharing the Care of Pets!
Por Tom LeGrice December 2012
ideservetoo
Por Juste Angelo Compaore November 2012
Beerend - It's like a bookend for your beer
Por Zac Martin November 2012
Good Cycles
Por luke wright October 2012
All Of The Numbers
Por Kealey Nutt - @kealey September 2012
Do it on the Roof
Por Dr Shelley Meagher August 2012
Handmade Dog Coats & Vests for Pounds and Rescues.
Por Tania Quinlan August 2012
The World's First Comfort Zone Calculator
Por Marcus Taylor August 2012
Freelove Magazine Melbourne
Por Scott Ashby June 2012
Roll-Up Bike Valet for Park(ing) Day 2012
Por Joyce Watts May 2012
The Ownership Project
Por The Ownership Project May 2012Poo Power!
Por Duncan Chew April 2012
httpmote
Por Mitch Denny April 2012
Do It In a Dress
Por Chantelle July 2011
Mini Macaron Melbourne Campaign
Por Linda Kowalski May 2011
Trams + Music = Tram Sessions
Por Nick Wallberg March 2011
Melbourne City Rooftop Honey
Por Vanessa Kwiatkowski January 2011
Sobre Nós
Making our world more awesome $1,000 at a time.
Overview
Applications are open to all awesome projects in the greater Melbourne area. We are an active chapter which awards a $1,000 grant on the last Tuesday of each month (submissions close 12pm on the Sunday prior).
The Melbourne chapter consists of 10 board members who meet each month to review every submission. Each board member contributes $100 to the winner's grant. So why should ten strangers give you their money?
Please read the information below to give your application the best chance of success.
We love:
- Exciting and kooky projects.
- Exciting and impactful projects that make Melbourne more aewsome.
- Having a "tipping point" of $1000 or less and our grant is what's needed to make it happen.
- Ideas that will be a catalyst to kick-start something bigger.
- When you clearly explain where the money will be spent (Hint: "marketing" or "website" is not specific enough).
- When your story pulls on our heart strings.
- When you include the word "dinosaur" at the beginning of your application to show us you can follow instructions.
- Brief pitches with a weblink and one really good photo.
- When you follow us on social media and help us celebrate awsome projects by linking, commenting on and sharing some of our posts.
- Instagram, Facebook, Twitter / X
We are not so keen on:
- Paying for operating or personal expenses.
- Funding your book, video, blog, website, social media, advertising, etc.
- Giving money to a people who earn a lot more money than we do. We're not rich. We're teachers, retirees, and students.
- Funding projects for an organisation that already has revenues and/or grants of more than $8000 in the past year.
- Long pitches.
- Funding non-Melbourne area projects. If you are from another area, sorry, try your local chapter.
- Grant applications where the applicant has not read or followed this page of guidelines.
After you submit
- Winners will be emailed within 3 business days of the last Tuesday of each month.
- Wheny our project has been completed and the impact is clear, you will send us a short write-up (75-100 words) and photos demonstrating the impact and success of the project, for sharing on this website and social media.
- Money will only be transferred to Australian bank accounts. If you are from overseas, sorry, try your local Awesome Foundation.
- You are welcome to resubmit an application for the same (or a different) project in 3 months.
- If you have won a grant, please wait 12 months before applying again.