San Francisco, CA
WormFest
ըստ Megan Kownurko March 2025
Support Group for Parents of Incarcerated Children
ըստ Melissa Wilson February 2025Healthy Soil and Waste Management
ըստ Antuan Jackson February 2025
Nature Collages: Blurred Apocalypse and Frolicking
ըստ Russell Stangeland January 2025
99 Red Balloons
ըստ Ellen C McBarnette December 2024
Take back joy, one pop at a time!
ըստ AZUL December 2024
Midwinter Magick Festival
ըստ Luc Z and Sylvia Z November 2024
Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender
ըստ sterling sam October 2024
Homegrown Ceramics
ըստ Ada King September 2024
The Mindful Maze: A Playful Path to Community Conn
ըստ Jerreece Ann Jackson September 2024
Bike locks for community bike shop users
ըստ July Tenenbaum August 2024
Hella Flowers
ըստ Victoria Hendrix Oppenheimer July 2024
The Little Letterpress Museum
ըստ Don Buerer June 2024
Wilderness Education for Immigrant Students
ըստ Anneke Castro Vonk May 2024Artivism at the Border
ըստ Maureen McGarry April 2024
Wheelchair modding workshop
ըստ Liz Henry March 2024
Bubbles: 101
ըստ Melinda Ramirez February 2024
Young Riders Afterschool Program
ըստ Aisha McElroy January 2024
Rice Hull Chair
ըստ Liam McArdle-Hankin December 2023
Dance O Ween
ըստ Elyse Lefebvre November 2023
The Pick Me Up Project
ըստ Julie Alland October 2023
The Fourth
ըստ Eirinie Carson September 2023
Rock and Roll Middle School
ըստ Sarah C Nelson September 2023
Colusa Donation Based Garden Stand
ըստ Nicole Day August 2023
"Dazzling Lights Over Water"
ըստ Mel Flores July 2023Lifting Fog
ըստ Lani Fehr June 2023
Food Picked with Love
ըստ Audrey Lowell May 2023
Crip Ecstasy
ըստ Octavia Rose Hingle April 2023
RAINBOW FALLS TO COSTUME-CON39!
ըստ Melody Cooper March 2023StoryMap of California’s Water
ըստ Sarita February 2023
The Chicken of Change
ըստ Kym Hansen January 2023
Healing and Learning Garden Program
ըստ Dheyanira Calahorrano December 2022
Everyone Needs Underwear...and Maybe Glasses Too!
ըստ Eliana Swerdlow November 2022
BABELOGUE
ըստ Axel Osterberg October 2022
thirdspace
ըստ Bria Goeller September 2022
Rant Recital
ըստ Chelsea Hollow August 2022
Loud Cinema
ըստ Isabella Parlamis July 2022
TRAUMA, TRESSES, & TRUTH
ըստ Lyzette Wanzer June 2022
Recycled glass art
ըստ Matthew Harvey May 2022
Nothing is Poison, Everything is Poison
ըստ Orly Politi April 2022
We Drank Tea & Stars
ըստ Josh Senyak March 2022
Solar History Project
ըստ Rachel Parish February 2022
Winter in America: "State of Emergency"
ըստ Pearl Ubungen January 2022
Atrocity Hospital
ըստ Kyra December 2021
Claim the Space
ըստ Nia Povroznik November 2021
MiniMuseums
ըստ Sydney Parcell October 2021
Kids gone camping! Together we rise!
ըստ Jennifer Teguia October 2021
Once Upon a Time... Publishing
ըստ nicole jenkins September 2021
Music Box Orchestra
ըստ Rick Darnell August 2021
Clown Conservatory Documentary
ըստ Abraham Dover July 2021We Are Water
ըստ Heidi Quante June 2021
Interactive Mural for School
ըստ Anna Grossi May 2021
Lou Harrison Archival Sample Packs
ըստ Timothy Lillis April 2021
Voices of the Golden Ghosts
ըստ Mark Oliver March 2021
Tenderloin Resident Art Exhibition and Quilt
ըստ Mattie Loyce March 2021The People Who Make Elections Happen
ըստ Anna Rotty February 2021
The Vanishing Hardwoods
ըստ Sarah Duryea January 2021
Social Justice Financial Dominatrix
ըստ Min Yoon January 2021
Queer Cat Productions 2021 Commission
ըստ Carson Beker, on behalf of Queer Cat Productions January 2021
Reinvigorating several Community Gardens in BVHP
ըստ Isaiah Powell December 2020
The True Tale of Princess Kaguya
ըստ Ai Aida November 2020
Cirque Du Vote-leil
ըստ Jenny Gottstein October 2020
Helping the disabled look and feel good
ըստ Still look good foundation September 2020
Practice fundraising/Equipment
ըստ Jason Taylor September 2020
SF African American Senior Narrative Quilt Project
ըստ William Rhodes August 2020
Climate Resilient Schools
ըստ Lil Milagro Henriquez July 2020
Un Respiro de Vida / A Breath Of Life
ըստ Belinda Hernandez Arriaga June 2020
Within the First 50 paces
ըստ Frederick Green May 2020
Bike Match: Free Bikes for COV19 Essential Workers
ըստ Stephen Braitsch (written by Alicia Escott) May 2020
Something Labs
ըստ Sam Haynor April 2020
Engineering for Covid-19 PAPR Project!
ըստ Zach Reed April 2020
Acknowledgment Committee
ըստ Acknowledgment Committee March 2020
ICONIC HARVEY MILK
ըստ Khoi Nguyen March 2020
The Little Theater at the WSPS
ըստ William Lewis & Lea Redmond February 2020
Val-U-Mart
ըստ Ad January 2020
Fancy Phone Numbers - 16mm film
ըստ Sequinette January 2020
"Waiting for San Francisco to Vanish"
ըստ Paul Wiley December 2019
Solar-powered Internet for People's Park!
ըստ Marc Juul November 2019
Dirty Kid Prom
ըստ Melissa Matheney November 2019
Write vs. Wrong
ըստ Hannah Rothstein October 2019
Re-Introduction of Pacific Tree Frogs to FFACC
ըստ Danielle L Fernandez September 2019
Wildfire Progression Sculptures
ըստ Adrien Segal September 2019
The Jellyfish Camera
ըստ Jeremiah Barber July 2019
Russell City, CA: Documenting a Town Now Gone
ըստ Megan Wilkinson July 2019
Buried Ships Project
ըստ Justin Oliphant June 2019
Stoop Stories
ըստ Ellie MacBride May 2019
Project Kolateral in San Francisco!
ըստ Mixkaela VIllalon April 2019
We’re not going Anywhere
ըստ Richie Rhombus March 2019
The Sideshow
ըստ Michelle Ibarra February 2019Star Stories Live, a Podcast
ըստ Kay Matschullat January 2019
Song of Songs Seder Celebrating Queer Sexuality
ըստ Susala Kay January 2019
Sonoma Poetry Festival
ըստ Meg Hamill December 2018
nègre
ըստ Simone Bailey November 2018
Robot 44
ըստ Sean Cheong November 2018Tricyclolo
ըստ Michael Arcega November 2018“Our Future Is Renewable”
ըստ Alessandra Mondolfi October 2018
Every Record Ever Recorded
ըստ Hannah Blair October 2018
mySight (Homelessness Blinders street theater)
ըստ Jennifer M Johnson October 2018
100 Jars of Jelly
ըստ Robyn Waxman August 2018
Ice on Ice: an Ice Capade!
ըստ Andrew Miguel Fuller July 2018
Whose World Is This
ըստ Salvin Chahal July 2018
Trace Evidence
ըստ Rachelle Reichert and Annie Malcolm June 2018
Aaron Swartz Day VR Museum, Art Gallery, Fun House
ըստ Lisa Rein May 2018
The Art of Survival
ըստ Madi Pignetti May 2018
NGALAC
ըստ Mark Willson May 2018
Liquid Loom
ըստ Cere Davis March 2018
Fresco Exchange
ըստ Felipe Ortiz March 2018
This land was made for you and me
ըստ Katie Williams February 2018
Food For Thought: A 5-Star Ohlone Banquet
ըստ Malcolm Margolin December 2017
Community Street Painting
ըստ Melissa Dickenson November 2017
34 Trinity Arts & News
ըստ Jackie Hasa November 2017Force of Nature: Women's Work Visualized
ըստ Sawyer Rose October 2017
Insect Trading Cards
ըստ David Garnick September 2017
Gilded
ըստ Xandra Ibarra September 2017
"you've got my eyes" - a dork-punk show-n-tell
ըստ Mark Krawczuk August 2017
The Artship at Playland at 43rd Avenue
ըստ Susan Ryan July 2017Another brief History of the Sunset
ըստ Alicia Escott June 2017
Q-Finder: A view into the possible
ըստ Edith Borrebach June 2017
Drag Queen Story Hour
ըստ Juliana Delgado May 2017
Cyclecide Moving Fund
ըստ Cyclecide Civetgrass April 2017
First Female President
ըստ Margaret McCarthy March 2017
Nomadic Keyboard Trike
ըստ Jennifer Murphy March 2017
The Banana Peel
ըստ Cody Frost February 2017
Why Fish Don't Exist
ըստ Lulu Miller February 2017
Resurrecting Lou Harrison's Lost Electronic Music
ըստ Ryan Page January 2017
Replacing Missing Piers of SF’s Embarcadero
ըստ Julie Crossman November 2016
GollOrbs—Flying Wind-Powered Kinetic Sculptures
ըստ Jeffrey Gollober November 2016
World's Largest Nachos!
ըստ Laura D'Asaro October 2016
Badass Boarders
ըստ Kasley Killam October 2016
Mobility Scooter Cruise Control Circuit!
ըստ Zach Reed September 2016
The Period Party
ըստ Meghan Freebeck August 2016
Screen Queens Face Fail
ըստ Harris David Harris July 2016
Deej - community engagement campaign
ըստ Robert Rooy and DJ Savarese July 2016Stellar Displacement
ըստ Albert Kong June 2016
Neighborhood Seeds
ըստ Maren Salomon May 2016
Gotta Give Us Hope
ըստ Jamie Beckenstein April 2016
LYFT for Seniors
ըստ Jacqueline Zimmer Jones April 2016
NOTAFLOF Collective
ըստ Liam Kelly March 2016
People's Open Network
ըստ Marc Juul February 2016
1-855-LADYFUN
ըստ Joe Veix February 2016
The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival
ըստ James Kennedy January 2016
LuminoKinetic Artist / Engineer
ըստ Carl Pisaturo December 2015
Smuggling Nature: Walking Poems Across Golden Gate
ըստ Leath Tonino November 2015Project I AM
ըստ Meghan Peter October 2015
San Francisco Moby-Dick Marathon
ըստ Daniel Herman October 2015
Re:Sound
ըստ Jen Boyd September 2015
Oakland FIGMENT
ըստ Oakland FIGMENT Team September 2015
homobiles app hackathon space
ըստ Lynn Breedlove August 2015
Litter Critters
ըստ Debbie McCann and Althea Marie McCann Tabor July 2015
Teaching Electronics to Visually Impaired Students
ըստ Allen Pan July 2015
Tangible Possibility: playful speed dating
ըստ Lea Redmond June 2015
Grow'n & Chef'n Proper in Lower W. Oakland!
ըստ Justin Vandenbroeck May 2015
Villainette: Bangs
ըստ Dax Tran-Caffee May 2015
War Gastronomy - Recipes of Relocation
ըստ Justin Charles Hoover (胡智騰) and Chris Treggiari April 2015Swing Low Sweet Bicycles
ըստ Anonymous April 2015
Limbus Lab
ըստ Andrew Maxwell-Parish April 2015
Land Action Squatter House Prototype
ըստ Marcus Owens February 2015
Oakland students make the future!
ըստ James Kealey & Nicholas Gilpinwright January 2015
The Bayview Bus Project: Art Not Ads!
ըստ Jericha Senyak (The Museum of Joy) December 2014
Jam Buckets. Hosted by Mission Science Workshop.
ըստ Kim Westberry November 2014O BEST BELOVED - 2014 Parks Tour Aboard FluxWagon
ըստ Idiot String (Rebecca Longworth & Joan Howard) September 2014
Capturing Pinball Physics
ըստ Melissa Harmon August 2014
Changing the world one love note at a time
ըստ shannon Weber July 2014
Wildcat Hauling
ըստ Timothy Furstnau (with FICTILIS) June 2014
Superheroes at Angel Island
ըստ Neil Rivas June 2014
Musical Peddles
ըստ Alvin Shiu May 2014
Automata Subterranea
ըստ Nick Jones (aka Nick Knave) April 2014
NMU, The Wire People
ըստ Isabel Halpern and Lucia Sanchez March 2014
Traveling Heart Hospital Bags
ըստ Caroline Lovell February 2014A Portrait Project at the Zen Hospice
ըստ Claudia Biçen February 2014
A Stop to Bullying
ըստ Vinnie Kang December 2013
Awesöme Orchestra Collective
ըստ David Möschler November 2013
The Library of Joy (A Museum of Joy Project)
ըստ Jericha Senyak October 2013
Poetry with Elders
ըստ Silvi Alcivar September 2013
The Mobile Wishing Well
ըստ Kari Marboe and Erin Johnson August 2013
Sleep for Moms
ըստ Suzanne L'Heureux July 2013
EOYDC summer Science class
ըստ Ashaki Scott July 2013
StreetStage and Kids POP!
ըստ Jeremy Shaw July 2013SF Postcard Project
ըստ Hunter Franks May 2013
Your Store
ըստ Kathryn Kenworth and Sarah Klein April 2013
Real Spider-Man Web
ըստ Abel Melecio April 2013
Youth Community Center and Garden
ըստ Youth Revolution March 2013Growing Together: Neighborhood Orchard Project
ըստ Mallika Nair February 2013
Valentine's Day Love Letter Scavenger Hunt!
ըստ Olga Nunes January 2013
Today's Future Sound Presents: Beats4Lunch
ըստ Elliot Gann December 2012
"Walking on the Wall"
ըստ Calen Barca-Hall November 2012
24/7 Bike Repair Vending Machine
ըստ Marria Grace October 2012
Sonic Kung Fu Battle
ըստ Mike Lai August 2012
The Golden Hour
ըստ Julie Crossman August 2012
OuterBody Games
ըստ Jason Wilson July 2012
Cardboard Castle Building Workshop
ըստ Charlie Hufnagel July 2012
Lunar Topographies
ըստ Craig Dorety May 2012
Bathtub Street Gondola!
ըստ Ray Oppenheimer May 2012Come Out and Play San Francisco
ըստ Jackie Hasa April 2012
The Balloon-Powered Dance Party!
ըստ George Zisiadis, Will Skinner, Isaac Shivvers April 2012
Scents of San Francisco
ըստ Zee Boudreaux February 2012
Little Opera
ըստ Erin Bregman November 2011
Ourshelves Lending Library
ըստ Kristina Kearns October 2011Inner Sunset Street Fair 2011
ըստ Adam Greenfield September 2011
Sidewalk Natural History
ըստ Joel Pomerantz June 2011
Inquiring Minds: Science Camp for Adults
ըստ Julie Ron June 2011
Panoranima / Spitting Image
ըստ Finley Coyl May 2011
Meanwhile, San Francisco Microcommunities
ըստ wendy macnaughton April 2011
100 Dinosaur Painting Scavenger Hunt
ըստ Adam Davis February 2011
Scarf-a-day
ըստ Meredith Scheff January 2011
Hoods To The Woods
ըստ Anthony J. Carranza October 2010
Papergirl San Francisco
ըստ Heather Tompkins & Colleen Stockman September 2010
Sounding the Waters (Sea Change)
ըստ Claire Schoen July 2010
Robotic Desk Lamps
ըստ Jonathan Foote June 2010
A History of the Sky
ըստ Ken Murphy May 2010
Մեր մասին
We're the San Francisco chapter. We love sparking laughter, discussion, action, participation. ⫸⫸
Side-scroll through past grantees ⤴
Want a $1000 grant? Please apply! We fund based on our personal reactions. We most love knowing your creative ambition!
NOTE: Profit-centered business projects will not be considered.
Who are we? See bottom of page ⤵︎ where you can also learn how and when to write to Joel, the Dean of Awesome for our chapter.
Our microgrants of $1,000 are given
⟁ with no strings attached
🗝 based on your awkward, inspired, short description
⦕ one per month, from usually 30–80 applicants, half of whom ignore the hints on this page, at their peril
⨳ preferentially to individuals—especially beginners—over organizations
Please tell us you have
🔦 an inspired way to address urgent issues or absurd ones
🎈while leveraging playfulness
⦿ and community cohesion
⚡with plans we'd find unpredictable!
Best projects are
⊱ informal
☂ easy to accomplish with just $1,000
✂ deviations from the main work of your life or your nonprofit or your bigger project
⚗ experiments subject to change as you go along
⥹ interactive or public in some way
➰ daring, odd, loose, too silly for a normal grant source to fund
⇅ within our region (very loosely defined)
Hints
∰ Rave about possibility rather than nailing down every detail. Vague budgets are OK, or skip it.
⏢ Represent an established organization? We probably are not your best backing source.
♨ Attempt something strange or something important using unusual methods.
⎌ Be unexpectedly political or wtf fanciful. Tap the mischievous genius of the unsuspecting public. Jostle patterns. Stimulate quaint solutions. Clarify or muddy, as necessary.
We view whimsy as an essential hacking tool and life as a wake-up call.
Break out! The world is serious and polarized. Grassroots political creativity is in short supply. It's time for ideas that tickle us free. As long as anyone is in danger from injustice, violence, or ecological crash, as long as short-term wealth priorities push sanity aside, as long as we're trained to fear, fit in, stifle creative urges, we feel that more awesome is desperately needed around here. Sometimes the best ways to tackle serious shit is by goofy whimsy or distraction.
Thank you for creating a more awesome world! ⫸⫸
When to apply ❓ ❓
Proposals are welcome any time. The grant is decided at our monthly meeting where we look through ideas that came during the previous calendar month. For example, apply in May and it'll be considered and announced some time in June. We only have funds for one project per month.
♬ Planning an event? Apply more than seven weeks ahead to give us time to discuss before your event. If time gets away from you, apply anyway. We may decide to support it, depending on what else we review that month.
Who are we ❓ ❓
The Awesome Foundation is a DIY operation—small clusters of people all around the world. Each chapter pools small personal donations then gives a local, collective, monthly gift from us. We’re informal, not some stuffy organization. Ask us questions or advice. Now. Whenever. Use sf@awesomefoundation.org to reach Joel, SF's 5th Dean of Awesome.
When to send an email to Joel ❓ ❓
℞ You have a question or want advice about applying
Ω You want to be a microtrustee (pitch in $100 per month, help decide grant winners)
⨕ You want to be on our community discussion list (Friends of Awesome)
⟥ You want to chat with Joel about something completely irrelevant