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Pancakes: The Stop Motion Animation
By Zach Horn November 2022
Squid Facts Electrical Box
By Sarah J McAnulty July 2022
ReachYou
By Katrina Goldsaito June 2022
The Tune is in the Tree
By Nancy Krakaur March 2022
Qanuk Nanuk
By Kathleen Doyle February 2022
Disappearing Acts
By Sarah E. Jenkins October 2021
CHANGING THE NARRATIVE
By Annika Earley September 2021
Making the invisible become visible!
By Sandra Pearl August 2021
6th Grade Astronauts
By Mona Sellers July 2021
Salt Wild
By Jake Kuhn and Rebecca Carrol May 2021
The Horror Advocate
By Ava Fields April 2021
Watertown Historical Moving Plays: Spring 2021
By New Repertory Theatre, Inc. (New Rep) March 2021
Winter City Kits
By Eric Sargent February 2021
Write Your COVID Story
By Mojie Crigler November 2020
Museum of Beadwork Gallery Renovation
By Kristina Skillin October 2020
Positive Boxes
By Shacole Pearman August 2020
Gentle Love Diaper Pantry
By Kyle Zingler July 2020
"BUILD SOMETHING!: The Tiny House"
By Four N Nichols June 2020
Postal Art For All
By Missy Dunaway May 2020
John Stritch Art
By Andrew Bell March 2020
Chinatown Story Cart
By Lily Xie February 2020
Roxbury Unity Parade
By Toy Burton January 2020
Swaraksha Self-defense for Girls in Northern India
By Lalita Singh December 2019
Faxina Podcast: Stories Swept Under the Rug
By Fabia Oliveira November 2019
COVEN Trivia for Fundraising & Community-Building
By Michelle Rosenberg October 2019
Drawing the Ring of Steel: A Mnemonic Device
By Kate Catterall July 2019
Mattapan Open Streets/Open Studios
By Allentza Michel June 2019
Community T-shirt printing
By hope rovelto May 2019
Pipetting Zoo
By Sarah Vitak March 2019
Bringing Nature to Medford Square
By Sophy Tuttle February 2019
7000 Languages
By Alexa Little January 2019
Boston Women's Memorial Statue Fashion Show
By Melissa Saunders November 2018
Tutus For Batman
By Tanya Nixon-Silberg August 2018
Screaming Chicken Piano
By The Maker Monster August 2018
Blockchain STAR Names To Find SHARK Aliens
By Aleeza, Tony, Jonathan and Gustavo June 2018
Burn Your Money – The Right Way
By Daniel Lev Shkolnik May 2018
Tell Your Story; GIANT PUPPETS
By Leslie MacWeeney Dobbs April 2018
South Boston Youth Filmmaking & Fitness
By Jared Katsiane March 2018
UMass Boston at South Bay Jail
By Jill McDonough January 2018
Letters to a Pre-Scientist
By Lucy Madden December 2017
Boston League of Wicked Wrestlers
By Shay Curran December 2017
Creative Boat Art for 75 Fifth Grade Students
By Sarah Besse November 2017
Youth Spoken Word Poetry Leaders Program
By Alex Charalambides November 2017
Migrant Sounds, Cultural Fusions
By Ximena Violante July 2017
CameroonONE
By Jarred Boyer June 2017
Grind House Recordings
By Edwin Cabrera June 2017
The Hip Hop Transformation
By Darrin Korte May 2017
Boston #popscope: urban public astronomy
By Michael O’Shea, Denia Taylor, Lucas Harty, Natalya Subbotina, and Sapana Thomas April 2017
The Davis Square Symphony
By Roger Clark Miller March 2017
Ten Footer
By Sarah Madeleine Tierney GUERIN February 2017
Girl's One Stop Shop
By Jameshia Attaway January 2017
Invisible Fractures
By Rachel Tine December 2016
Outdoor Classroom Initiative Game Area
By Tom Ledue December 2016
Gnomon: animated shade
By Matt Brand & the Gnomon crew September 2016
Guhumura: Nosy Interviews from Rwanda
By Elizabeth Staudt July 2016
The Body of The People
By Jeffrey Baykal-Rollins July 2016
iCanHelp
By Kayla Oakley July 2016
refugium II
By tanja laeri June 2016
OncArt!
By Chiara Eisner and Julia Shivers June 2016
Outliers Robotics at New England FIRST Championshi
By Erin Whitney April 2016
The Type Bar
By Arthur J Grau March 2016
Urban Folds
By Jillian Wiedenmayer March 2016
Crazy Giant EYEBALL bike lights
By Matt “Carphree” Carty January 2016
WEATHER IS HAPPENING
By WEATHER MAN December 2015
Inner-City Autism Family Photo Event
By Shari King October 2015
Tilt-Down Fence
By Connie Wang August 2015
Feminist Fiber Art Exhibit
By Iris Nectar July 2015
Arduino Lending Library at Parts and Crafts
By Dina Gjertsen May 2015
Lowell Girls - a local & gentle garment collection
By Elle March 2015
Holographic praxinoscope
By Sunny Jolly December 2014
Mannequin to Train Rural Ugandan Nurses
By Katie D’Angelo November 2014
Colorful Swarm of Robots
By Nancy Ouyang November 2014
Telescope lending project
By Joe Soydan November 2014
Keytar Bear Fundraiser
By Abigail Taylor April 2014
Untitled Sign Installations
By Pat Falco April 2014
Project M@CH: Makerspace at Children's Hospital
By Gokul Krishnan March 2014
Increment
By Maeve Jopson + Cynthia Poon February 2014
Worker Center Tool Library
By Raúl Alcaraz Ochoa January 2014
You Are Enough
By Tamara Levitt January 2014
Tree of Knowledge
By Primavera December 2013
Music, Music, Music: Elders Takin' it On the Road
By Mary McCarthy November 2013
Secured and Fortified
By Candice Smith Corby November 2013
Trenton Hustle
By James Williams October 2013
MAKE it: East Boston’s Bicycle Rack
By Mariko Davidson and Michael Evans August 2013
Belly Traveling Feast Show
By Ben Sommer August 2013
chasing the shadows
By david andrus June 2013
The Mµseum (or Micro Museum)
By Judith Klausner June 2013
Project BlueGene
By Avery Louie April 2013
Video Bleep
By Nick Colangelo April 2013
Dungeons & Discourse
By Gerol Petruzella March 2013
RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop
By Aubrey Longley-Cook March 2013
Good Bank
By Corinne Espinoza February 2013
Meat-filled Zebra Piñatas
By Keith Hopper January 2013
Middle School DNA Sequencing
By William Potash January 2013
Open Source Lasercut Quilting
By Jimmie Rodgers January 2013
Festival of Street Art
By Jason Turgeon December 2012
Hydroponics for Elephants
By Zenith Alternative Education Program October 2012
Union Square Public Benches
By joshua kampa September 2012
The H.E.L.P. Foundation
By Jesse Stern August 2012
Rescuing Cold-Stunned Ocean Sunfish off Cape Cod
By New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance August 2012
Social Colander: Dinner Party Meet Cooking Contest
By Tiffany Chu and Mark Watabe June 2012
FLOAT
By Joshua Frank June 2012
Nomadic Picó Picante
By Sara Skolnick and Ernesto Morales (Pajaritos) May 2012
HASER: Laser Space Heater
By Mahesh Viswanathan May 2012
'Knowing the Trees of Cambridge' Tour Guide
By Aline Newton and Florrie Wescoat April 2012
Mobile Farm Stand for Boston
By Hansy Better April 2012
Lorem Ipsum Store Front
By Colin Driesch March 2012
Holly Hill Farm Kitchen-mobile Classroom
By Janice McPhillips February 2012
LIFT Bike Project
By Ben Sommer February 2012
Project Afghanistan - Magicians Without Borders
By Zach Warren January 2012
Operation Dinoblasters
By Colin Hunt November 2011
Lightening Fast Snow Slide
By Sadie Urban November 2011
CRONICAS DE HEROES
By Yesica Guerra October 2011
Animatronic Monster Suit
By Matthew Silvia October 2011
Tobin School Mural
By Caleb Neelon September 2011
Urban Deterioration Obliteration (U-DO)
By Paul M. Howe August 2011
On the Go - National Outhouse Museum
By Jay Critchley July 2011
The ME2!!!X: Deconstructing the Honda U3-X
By Charles Guan May 2011
FIGMENT Boston!
By Jason Turgeon April 2011
Movable Chair
By Sara Hendren March 2011
MOLTENi NET WORKS @ MEME
By Maria Molteni February 2011
Banditos Misteriosos: Giant Puzzle
By Cloudy January 2011
Parts and Crafts -- Community Supported Education
By Will Macfarlane December 2010
Pick-a-Pocket Gardeners
By Minka vanBeuzekom November 2010
Invisible Instruments
By Timothy Soo October 2010
Gameful
By Jane McGonigal September 2010
Ripley Garden for the Hungry
By Thomas J Ripley August 2010
Serval Project - Remote/Disaster Comm System
By Paul Gardner-Stephen May 2010
Grassroots Mapping
By Jeffrey Yoo Warren April 2010
DIY Bioengineered Inks
By Charles Fracchia March 2010
Tools for Improved Social Interacting
By Lauren McCarthy December 2009
Eco-pod Armada
By Lee Altman November 2009
Cotton Candy Cannon
By Josh Gordonson October 2009
The Big Hammock
By Hansy Better Barraza August 2009
About Us
Started during the summer of 2009 in Boston, the founding chapter of the Awesome Foundation is all about micro-grants for maximum awesome.
The definition of "Awesome" is left open ended on purpose and we convene ISO that intanglible combination of impact, surprise and joy. Monthly meetings result in awarding a $1,000 grant. Fellowship recipients are posted to the gallery at the top of the page so check back to see who is getting the ca$h.
Realizing that there's more awesome out there than money in our pockets, we host local office hours in Boston so that we get to meet you (yes, you!) and brainstorm ideas or make introductions to help make your awesome idea happen. Signup for our mailing list to hear when we're hosting 'Awesome Hours' or a fellowship party.
Interested in becoming a trustee of Awesome Boston? Fill out our rolling application. We're not always looking for new trustees, but we'll contact you when we are!
