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Awesome Foundation Micro-Grants

The Awesome Foundation

NontraditionalPilot / seed funding

No-strings $1,000 grants awarded monthly by autonomous local chapters for projects with community benefit. Application is a short form with no reporting requirement and no equity or IP claim.

Indicative award
$1k (total award)Site states "$1,000 grants every month". The FAQ explains the mechanism: typically ten trustees each contribute $100 (or local equivalent) toward a monthly grant.
Timing
Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, DecNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Most chapters meet monthly to review applications and select a recipient; no fixed deadline, and most chapters carry forward applications from previous months.
Who can apply
Community organisation, Practitioner, Master's / undergraduate, Doctoral candidate
Eligibility
Anyone may apply: individuals, informal groups and organizations alike, with no incorporation or 501(c)(3) requirement. Applications go to a specific local chapter, so the practical gate is whether a chapter covers your geography or theme. Purely personal projects are discouraged.
SSWR clusters
Topics
community projects · micro-grants · pilot ideas
Apply at
https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en
This entry
Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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