Awesome Foundation Micro-Grants
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. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
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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