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Awesome Foundation micro-grants

The Awesome Foundation

NontraditionalParticipatory grantmaking

No-strings $1,000 grants awarded monthly by autonomous local chapters of roughly ten micro-trustees each, for community, social innovation, accessibility and public-interest projects. Useful for small pilot documentation or community data work that cannot wait for a grant cycle.

Indicative award
$1k (total award)Flat $1,000 per grant, no strings attached.
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.Chapters award monthly and applications are open year-round; each chapter sets its own review timing.
Who can apply
Master's / undergraduate, Doctoral candidate, Practitioner, Community organisation, Early-career faculty
Eligibility
No formal eligibility gate is published: individuals as well as groups may apply, and applications go to a local chapter (69 chapters across 10 countries), so the practical constraint is whether a chapter covers your geography or theme.
SSWR clusters
Topics
micro-grants · community projects · social innovation
Apply at
https://www.awesomefoundation.org/
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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