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Awesome Foundation micro-grants

The Awesome Foundation (independent chapters)

NontraditionalParticipatory grantmaking

A network of independent local chapters where ten trustees each put in $100 a month and pick one project to fund outright, with no strings attached and no institutional paperwork.

Indicative award
$1k (total award)The FAQ describes ten trustees each contributing $100 (or local equivalent) toward a monthly grant, i.e. roughly $1,000 per chapter per month, and notes some chapters have different arrangements.
Timing
Rolling / openRolling / open · Jan, Feb, MarNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Applications are accepted continuously. "Most chapters meet monthly to review applications and decide on a recipient"; some chapters run live pitch events instead. Amounts and cadence vary by chapter.
Who can apply
Master's / undergraduate, Doctoral candidate, Practitioner, Community organisation
Eligibility
"Anyone is eligible for a grant - individuals, groups, and organizations alike." No 501(c)(3), fiscal sponsor or institutional affiliation is required, which makes this one of the few routes open to an unaffiliated researcher or a community documentation project. Applicants pick a chapter.
SSWR clusters
Topics
micro-grants · community projects · no-strings funding · local chapters
Apply at
https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/faq
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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