Chicago, IL
Queer Soup Night Chicago
ըստ Mariel Brown-Fallon December 2024Engaged Arts and Craftivisms
ըստ Sabaha Lee Round November 2024The Scarecrow
ըստ Anthony Michael Stokes November 2024Improvised Music for Pipe Organ in Chicago
ըստ Jack Langdon October 2024Raising the Bar for Women's Cycling in Chicago
ըստ 606 Racing September 2024Little Village Arts Fest 2024
ըստ Laura Nunez August 2024Ceasefire Choir Convening in Chicago
ըստ Jennifer Kovar July 2024Disability Dance & Ensemble Thinking Workshop
ըստ Shireen Hamza June 2024Guardians of the Earth and Sky
ըստ Irene Hsiao May 2024Euripides' Medea by Bump in the Night Theatre
ըստ Garrett McCann May 2024The Big Bata Weekend
ըստ Cuán McCann April 2024The Black & Brown Femme Film Festival
ըստ Vici Howard March 2024Martial Arts & Self Defense for Refugee Kids
ըստ Said Hatim February 2024Saturday Morning
ըստ Jeffrey Nils Gardner January 2024Soul Jack Digital Lab
ըստ Mr. Tony Montes December 2023Chicago Circle Singing
ըստ Davin Youngs November 2023Performances for hospice and bed bound older adult
ըստ Lauren Latessa October 2023Chicago Baking Buddies
ըստ Emaan Mohsin October 2023Wolves
ըստ Chris X September 2023Alzheimer's/Dementia Ofrenda
ըստ Amelia Garza September 2023Bike Carrier Trailer for Orchard Village Bike Club
ըստ Julia Morrow August 2023Liberation Library
ըստ Bettina Johnson August 2023LGBTQ/Seniors Movie And Dinner Events
ըստ Eurydice Moore June 2023Like A Rose Conference
ըստ Chandria Taylor May 2023Picnic with the Pollinators
ըստ Angela Courtney April 2023Clear the Chicago River Bank of Invasives!
ըստ Kerrie Rovito March 2023Ladies of Song Button-o-matic
ըստ Christy Bennett February 2023Women Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe
ըստ Ellie Levine February 2023Satire at the End of the World
ըստ Christine Wenc January 2023FLOW Box
ըստ Kisha Barrett January 2023Kindness Kiosk
ըստ Michelle Kliman + Michael Greene December 2022The Angels of Menachap
ըստ Logan Mulch December 2022Seeds of Hope garden
ըստ Laura Thiessen November 2022Let's Carve Stone
ըստ Jyl Bonaguro October 2022West Side Equestrian Trick Riding Club
ըստ Beatrice Scescke September 2022South/West Side Community Jams
ըստ Bril Barrett August 2022Nita’s Love Train
ըստ Juanita Tennyson July 2022Reentry Program for women at Cook County Jail
ըստ Jenna Pasanen July 2022Public Classes in the Ancient Art of Popotillo
ըստ Breanne "Cari" Carlson June 2022Souper Heroes Feeds Chicago
ըստ Lauren Tighe (on behalf of Kenneth Purnell) May 2022South Side Book Fair
ըստ Kevin Lilly May 2022Readers' Bridge
ըստ Chris Houchens April 2022Urban Native Transit Project
ըստ Becky DeGraffenried, Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative April 2022Community Cook-Outs 2022
ըստ Diego Garcia March 2022Real world skills in the surreal world.
ըստ Jeremy Bower March 2022Our Faces Our Voices
ըստ ben salus February 2022Mutual Aid Garden and Free Seed Library
ըստ Jen Delos Reyes February 2022Sounds of Solidarity
ըստ Amara Martin January 2022The Go Hub: A Community Mobility Center
ըստ Olatunji Oboi Reed January 2022Shoreline
ըստ JeeYeun Lee December 2021compileHer Hackathon
ըստ Olivia Jerdee December 2021Babies and Barbershops
ըստ Vikki Collier November 2021Humboldt Park Cinema Club
ըստ Lindsay Vallance November 2021KEEN Winter Care Packages
ըստ Laura Fillenwarth October 2021AbundantChi
ըստ Jorden Smith October 2021Nightingale-in-Residence
ըստ Emily Eddy September 2021Gardening Club for Individuals With Disabilities
ըստ Dana DeBofsky September 2021Youth Art Fest
ըստ Dianna C Long August 2021Outdoor Micro Gallery for Terrain
ըստ Elaine Luther August 2021EveryMom Chicago Newborn Kits
ըստ Jamie Taratoot August 2021M.E.A.N. Girls Empowerment Wellness Picnic
ըստ Falon Lawson July 2021Sensory Kits for Students at Esperanza School
ըստ Madeleine Starr July 2021Mofindu's Urban Village
ըստ Markeya Howard July 2021Summer Gardening /Recreation Youth Project
ըստ Charles Wilson June 2021Heat Lightning
ըստ MaryAnn McGovern June 2021Williamson Street Mural
ըստ Conner Wild June 2021Anne's Haven - Women in the Workforce
ըստ Allegra Bradley June 2021OnWord Skate Co. Building a Better Chicago
ըստ Lid Madrid / OnWord Skate Collective May 2021Mural Dances
ըստ Rachel Damon May 2021Sneaker Design Challenge
ըստ Ben Salus May 2021Covid Self-Care Kits in Domestic Violence Shelters
ըստ Pearl O. Ugwu-Dike May 2021Casitas para Pajaritos
ըստ Theodora Z Salazar April 2021Window Plays
ըստ Nikki Bauer April 2021Storytelling for Children with Visual Impairments
ըստ Tekki Lomnicki April 2021Asphalt to Awesome: A Monarch Butterfly Garden
ըստ Anna Wassenaar March 2021Field Trips to the Circus
ըստ CircEsteem March 2021Feed The Community
ըստ Niquenya Collins March 2021Real Freedom Projects
ըստ Brett Swinney March 2021Into the Frontier
ըստ Rex Cassidy and Alex Cassidy February 2021The Gage Park Mural Project
ըստ Mario Mena February 2021Stone Temple Community Garden - Fencing in Peace
ըստ Tony Abruscato February 2021A Place to Demand Justice
ըստ Maxwell Emcays January 2021Put Your Hands Together-Emergency Food Assistance
ըստ Jayne Siou January 2021Marvelous Machines
ըստ Wynter Rose January 2021Project 1033: A proposal to empower Chicagoans
ըստ Institute for Transparent Policing December 2020Turning the Page
ըստ Elizabeth Ferry December 2020Austin Gallery
ըստ Human Scale December 2020Awesome Tenners
ըստ Chicago Awesome Foundation December 2020The Connection Community Garden
ըստ Margaret Morris November 2020GetMePPEChicago
ըստ Tricia Pendergrast November 2020CPR for the Deaf and Disabled
ըստ Zaineb Al-Abdulla October 2020Word Choice Cafe
ըստ Venita Williams September 2020BIPOC Terp Fund Chi
ըստ Chelsea Bundy August 2020Bike Lane Uprising
ըստ Christina Whitehouse August 2020Jumping Juniors Double Dutch
ըստ Paulette Jones July 2020Rogers Park Community Response Team (RPCRT)
ըստ Heidi Massey July 2020Community Language Classes
ըստ Angela Lin June 2020COVID-19 Emergency Response Programming
ըստ Colin Higgins June 2020Online Scholastic Chess Tournaments
ըստ Lee Lazar May 2020You Got The Juice (COVID-19 Emergency Assistance)
ըստ Keevan Dantzler May 2020The Arts for Illinois Relief Fund
ըստ EVA SILVERMAN April 2020Craft Circle to Empower Our Youth
ըստ Lariel Joy March 2020Culture Coach Stage Comes to Your Neighborhood
ըստ Susan Fox February 2020The Elders of South Side Music Legacies
ըստ Brandon Payton-Carrillo January 2020Wasted - A Youth Production about Pollution
ըստ Free Street Theater December 2019Manga Arts Studio
ըստ Eric Zaragoza December 2019Reflections on Fire: Abandoning Old Ideas
ըստ Frank Maugeri November 2019Douglass 18
ըստ Space p11 November 2019Chicago Artists Exhibit
ըստ Ivonne Cruz October 2019The Chicago Tool Library
ըստ Tessa Vierk September 2019Flu Shots & Drink Shots -- Immunology @ a Bar!
ըստ Monica Metzler August 2019Helping Rebuilding Exchange Build for the Future
ըստ Julian Pastin July 2019Community-Based Scent Education
ըստ Jas Brooks June 2019AMFM Presents: Feast "A Festival in Three Courses"
ըստ Ciera Mckissick May 2019TRQPiTECA Queer Pride Chicago 2019 - Sound System
ըստ Natalie Murillo May 2019The Chicago Mobile Makerspace
ըստ Maya Bird-Murphy April 2019Throwing a Citywide Wedding Ball for LGBT Muslims
ըստ Mahdia Lynn March 2019Energy Audits Evanston
ըստ Aaron Boxerman February 2019Crafternoons with LGBTQIA Elders
ըստ Mikey Anderson January 2019KEENSports
ըստ KEEN Chicago December 2018Know Your Rights Education
ըստ Diana Vargas November 2018Black Dog Metal Arts
ըստ Jamie Caitlin Lovell October 2018Safety Planning Clinic for Undocumented Families
ըստ Rebekah Rashidfarokhi September 2018Refugee High
ըստ Elly Fishman August 2018An Arm and a Leg:Podcast re: Cost of Health Care
ըստ Dan Weissmann July 2018Ghostskate 2018 Season & Chicago Expansion
ըստ Stuart Anderson June 2018Sewing Literacy 101
ըստ Amy Malysa May 2018Glass Case Mini Art Gallery at The WasteShed
ըստ Eleanor Ray April 2018World's Fair 2018
ըստ Sasha Tycko March 2018Afrofuturist mural in Englewood!
ըստ Ryan Wilson February 2018Where is Washington Heights?
ըստ Hana L Anderson January 2018Scream Class
ըստ GOLDGRRL December 2017Awesome Weekend
ըստ Dave Stanford December 2017Refugee Education & Adventure CHallenge (REACH)
ըստ Shana Wills November 2017The East Side Project
ըստ Mary Kate Witry October 2017SHE CAST : a for-youth by-youth podcast
ըստ Kayla Lane Freeman September 2017Back of the Yards - Bread truck mobile art exhibit
ըստ Megan E. Doherty August 2017TECHNE: Electronic Music Powered by Girls Chicago
ըստ Jessie Marino July 2017BarberQue
ըստ Megan Hinchy June 2017OPEN STUDIO: A CELEBRATION OF CHICAGO'S DRAG SCENE
ըստ Molly Hewitt June 2017Prison Interview Series
ըստ Michael Fischer April 2017YogaCare: Training Yoga Teachers on the South Side
ըստ YogaCare March 2017Operation Evergreen: Guitars Over Guns Program
ըստ Andrew DeMuro February 2017Empowering Teen Authors & Teen Publishers
ըստ Jennifer Steele January 2017All-Latino re-imagining of WAITING FOR GODOT
ըստ Tympanic Theatre Company December 2016A Dance of Welcome
ըստ Shawn Lent November 2016Bridging the Gap
ըստ Quabeeny Daniels October 2016Floating Museum
ըստ Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford September 2016Project Onward Artist Book
ըստ Rebecca Lyn Beaird August 2016Water for a Thirsty Therapeutic Garden
ըստ Elizabeth Lindau July 2016Sandcastle Maker
ըստ Tim Parsons June 2016Operation Endangered Species
ըստ Catherine Zdunek May 2016Free stamps and envelopes on tax day
ըստ Roy Trakovski April 2016Walk All Night - A Drum Beat Journey
ըստ Elilta Tewelde March 2016Seat buttons
ըստ Annie Morse February 20164Us Girls Club Self-Image Zine Project
ըստ Annette kelly January 2016The Music Box
ըստ Aquil Charlton December 2015Thresholds: Illusions for the Senses & the Mind
ըստ Jeanette Andrews December 2015Drums for the Deaf
ըստ Tiana Pyer-Pereira September 2015Pop-Up Puppet Truck
ըստ Donny Gettinger August 2015Open Source Furniture: Enzo Mari Design Workshop
ըստ Chicago Design Museum July 2015Literature Emitting Diodes
ըստ Carley Gomez June 2015"I Looked Up To The Screen Above"
ըստ Simon Pyle May 2015Making Hermosa hermosa!
ըստ Colin Bird April 2015The Scarlet "S" Project
ըստ Catherine Paula Muskett March 2015Red Line Comfort Stations
ըստ Rhoda Rosen and Billy McGuinness February 2015StudentsXpress
ըստ Rachel Switall February 2015The Kung-Fu Cage
ըստ Andy North December 2014The Beauty Pack
ըստ Gena Palmieri November 2014Cage and Garden
ըստ Katherine Miles August 2014Beach Party at the End of the World
ըստ Katie Mazzini July 2014Memoir Writing Workshops for Seniors
ըստ Hazel A. Domangue June 2014Community Portraits: North & South Lawndale
ըստ William Estrada May 2014Cook County Sheriff Beekeeping Initiative
ըստ Kathryn Dunne February 2014Multi-generational Community Engagement Screening
ըստ La Toia Janine Brown February 2014Community Nursing Home Garden
ըստ Barbara Dykes December 2013Chicago Recipe Box
ըստ Chelsea Middendorf on behalf of Potluck: Chicago December 2013Hook & Eye
ըստ Laboratory Dancers October 2013Home is where the heart is...
ըստ Chang October 2013Love Life Balloons (Johnny's Red Balloon Project)
ըստ Johnny Michael August 2013World's Largest Cardboard Box Castle
ըստ Blake Grigsby May 2013Clean Graffiti
ըստ Elizabeth Ortiz & Gilberto Sandoval April 2013Dunes Learning Center Food Waste Education
ըստ Alexandra Schindler March 2013Garfield Park Positive Improvements
ըստ Matt Litwin January 2013It's A New Day at CVCA
ըստ Charity White December 2012Wake Up! Waltz
ըստ Josie Elizabeth Davis November 2012Free Art for the Residents of Englewood
ըստ Timothy Campbell October 2012Jurassic Geriatrics
ըստ David Daniels September 2012Milwaukee Avenue Mini Golf Course
ըստ Katherine Darnstadt August 2012The Great Fire: A Traveling Truck Show
ըստ Kayce Bayer July 2012Layin' Down Tracks
ըստ Dyan Flores June 2012Chic-A-Go-Go
ըստ Jake Austen May 2012Learnapalooza Chicago
ըստ Maggie Schutz April 2012Free art hunts
ըստ Patrick skoff March 2012Silent Theater Seeks Voice
ըստ Lacy Campbell February 2012Da Favela to the Guetto: Pinhole Photography
ըստ Paco Barba December 2011Poetry + QR Codes
ըստ Felix Jung November 2011City of Big Shovels
ըստ Ben Helphand October 2011Open Source Scanning Tunneling Microscope
ըստ Sacha De'Angeli October 2011Possibility Potlucks & "What if" Stores
ըստ Melanie Kahl September 2011Neighborhood Little Free Library
ըստ Rick Brooks July 2011Մեր մասին
The Chicago chapter of the Awesome Foundation has been funding awesomeness in Chicagoland since the summer of 2011. We've funded everything from little free libraries and puppet shows to electron microscopes and a temporary mini golf course on Milwaukee Avenue with no-strings-attached $1,000 grants. See a map of the projects we have funded over the years. We are proudly and excitedly connected to the wider Awesome Foundation network.
What's your awesome idea? Do you have an awesome idea that would make your Chicagoland-based community awesome? Of course you do. Apply today for a $1,000 no-strings-attached grant to make your awesome idea a reality. Our short grant application is available here. The trustees review period is from the 15th to the 14th overlapping months. We evaluate each month’s applications on the fourth Tuesday of the following month (2025 expected dates: 28th January, 25th February, 25th March, 22nd April, 27th May, 24th June, 22nd July, 26th August, 23rd September, 28th October, 25th November, 23rd December) If you are unsure if your idea matches the types of project we fund, please review our past award winners listed above.
Join us! If you'd like to play a direct role in deciding what we fund next, become a trustee! Our group is comprised of community members who commit to the following:
- Financial Contribution: Commit $100 per month in the interest of Awesome in Chicago for at least 6 months. This contribution goes towards the $1,000 award we grant each month. Reach out if this is a barrier to joining
- Participation: Play an active role in accepting and reviewing applications, and in deciding with the other trustees by consensus who will receive the grant.
- New Projects: With no specific leadership roles, every trustee is a leader in their own right. We like trustees to come up with new project ideas for the chapter to do, and help organize the group into getting it done.
Trustees serve until they resign. If you're interested in joining us as a trustee, we invite you to complete our rolling application, and we'll try to get back to you shortly.
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