San Francisco, CA
99 Red Balloons
ըստ Ellen C McBarnette December 2024Take back joy, one pop at a time!
ըստ AZUL December 2024Midwinter Magick Festival
ըստ Luc Z and Sylvia Z November 2024Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender
ըստ sterling sam October 2024The Mindful Maze: A Playful Path to Community Conn
ըստ Jerreece Ann Jackson September 2024Homegrown Ceramics
ըստ Ada King September 2024Bike locks for community bike shop users
ըստ July Tenenbaum August 2024Hella Flowers
ըստ Victoria Hendrix Oppenheimer July 2024The Little Letterpress Museum
ըստ Don Buerer June 2024Wilderness Education for Immigrant Students
ըստ Anneke Castro Vonk May 2024Artivism at the Border
ըստ Maureen McGarry April 2024Wheelchair modding workshop
ըստ Liz Henry March 2024Bubbles: 101
ըստ Melinda Ramirez February 2024Young Riders Afterschool Program
ըստ Aisha McElroy January 2024Rice Hull Chair
ըստ Liam McArdle-Hankin December 2023Dance O Ween
ըստ Elyse Lefebvre November 2023The Pick Me Up Project
ըստ Julie Alland October 2023Rock and Roll Middle School
ըստ Sarah C Nelson September 2023The Fourth
ըստ Eirinie Carson September 2023Colusa Donation Based Garden Stand
ըստ Nicole Day August 2023"Dazzling Lights Over Water"
ըստ Mel Flores July 2023Lifting Fog
ըստ Lani Fehr June 2023Food Picked with Love
ըստ Audrey Lowell May 2023Crip Ecstasy
ըստ Octavia Rose Hingle April 2023RAINBOW FALLS TO COSTUME-CON39!
ըստ Melody Cooper March 2023StoryMap of California’s Water
ըստ Sarita February 2023The Chicken of Change
ըստ Kym Hansen January 2023Healing and Learning Garden Program
ըստ Dheyanira Calahorrano December 2022Everyone Needs Underwear...and Maybe Glasses Too!
ըստ Eliana Swerdlow November 2022BABELOGUE
ըստ Axel Osterberg October 2022thirdspace
ըստ Bria Goeller September 2022Rant Recital
ըստ Chelsea Hollow August 2022Loud Cinema
ըստ Isabella Parlamis July 2022TRAUMA, TRESSES, & TRUTH
ըստ Lyzette Wanzer June 2022Recycled glass art
ըստ Matthew Harvey May 2022Nothing is Poison, Everything is Poison
ըստ Orly Politi April 2022We Drank Tea & Stars
ըստ Josh Senyak March 2022Solar History Project
ըստ Rachel Parish February 2022Winter in America: "State of Emergency"
ըստ Pearl Ubungen January 2022Atrocity Hospital
ըստ Kyra December 2021Claim the Space
ըստ Nia Povroznik November 2021Kids gone camping! Together we rise!
ըստ Jennifer Teguia October 2021MiniMuseums
ըստ Sydney Parcell October 2021Once Upon a Time... Publishing
ըստ nicole jenkins September 2021Music Box Orchestra
ըստ Rick Darnell August 2021Clown Conservatory Documentary
ըստ Abraham Dover July 2021We Are Water
ըստ Heidi Quante June 2021Interactive Mural for School
ըստ Anna Grossi May 2021Lou Harrison Archival Sample Packs
ըստ Timothy Lillis April 2021Voices of the Golden Ghosts
ըստ Mark Oliver March 2021Tenderloin Resident Art Exhibition and Quilt
ըստ Mattie Loyce March 2021The People Who Make Elections Happen
ըստ Anna Rotty February 2021The Vanishing Hardwoods
ըստ Sarah Duryea January 2021Social Justice Financial Dominatrix
ըստ Min Yoon January 2021Queer Cat Productions 2021 Commission
ըստ Carson Beker, on behalf of Queer Cat Productions January 2021Reinvigorating several Community Gardens in BVHP
ըստ Isaiah Powell December 2020The True Tale of Princess Kaguya
ըստ Ai Aida November 2020Cirque Du Vote-leil
ըստ Jenny Gottstein October 2020Helping the disabled look and feel good
ըստ Still look good foundation September 2020Practice fundraising/Equipment
ըստ Jason Taylor September 2020SF African American Senior Narrative Quilt Project
ըստ William Rhodes August 2020Climate Resilient Schools
ըստ Lil Milagro Henriquez July 2020Un Respiro de Vida / A Breath Of Life
ըստ Belinda Hernandez Arriaga June 2020Bike Match: Free Bikes for COV19 Essential Workers
ըստ Stephen Braitsch (written by Alicia Escott) May 2020Within the First 50 paces
ըստ Frederick Green May 2020Something Labs
ըստ Sam Haynor April 2020Engineering for Covid-19 PAPR Project!
ըստ Zach Reed April 2020ICONIC HARVEY MILK
ըստ Khoi Nguyen March 2020Acknowledgment Committee
ըստ Acknowledgment Committee March 2020The Little Theater at the WSPS
ըստ William Lewis & Lea Redmond February 2020Val-U-Mart
ըստ Ad January 2020Fancy Phone Numbers - 16mm film
ըստ Sequinette January 2020"Waiting for San Francisco to Vanish"
ըստ Paul Wiley December 2019Solar-powered Internet for People's Park!
ըստ Marc Juul November 2019Dirty Kid Prom
ըստ Melissa Matheney November 2019Write vs. Wrong
ըստ Hannah Rothstein October 2019Re-Introduction of Pacific Tree Frogs to FFACC
ըստ Danielle L Fernandez September 2019Wildfire Progression Sculptures
ըստ Adrien Segal September 2019Russell City, CA: Documenting a Town Now Gone
ըստ Megan Wilkinson July 2019The Jellyfish Camera
ըստ Jeremiah Barber July 2019Buried Ships Project
ըստ Justin Oliphant June 2019Stoop Stories
ըստ Ellie MacBride May 2019Project Kolateral in San Francisco!
ըստ Mixkaela VIllalon April 2019We’re not going Anywhere
ըստ Richie Rhombus March 2019The Sideshow
ըստ Michelle Ibarra February 2019Star Stories Live, a Podcast
ըստ Kay Matschullat January 2019Song of Songs Seder Celebrating Queer Sexuality
ըստ Susala Kay January 2019Sonoma Poetry Festival
ըստ Meg Hamill December 2018Robot 44
ըստ Sean Cheong November 2018nègre
ըստ Simone Bailey November 2018Tricyclolo
ըստ Michael Arcega November 2018“Our Future Is Renewable”
ըստ Alessandra Mondolfi October 2018Every Record Ever Recorded
ըստ Hannah Blair October 2018mySight (Homelessness Blinders street theater)
ըստ Jennifer M Johnson October 2018100 Jars of Jelly
ըստ Robyn Waxman August 2018Ice on Ice: an Ice Capade!
ըստ Andrew Miguel Fuller July 2018Whose World Is This
ըստ Salvin Chahal July 2018Trace Evidence
ըստ Rachelle Reichert and Annie Malcolm June 2018The Art of Survival
ըստ Madi Pignetti May 2018Aaron Swartz Day VR Museum, Art Gallery, Fun House
ըստ Lisa Rein May 2018NGALAC
ըստ Mark Willson May 2018Liquid Loom
ըստ Cere Davis March 2018Fresco Exchange
ըստ Felipe Ortiz March 2018This land was made for you and me
ըստ Katie Williams February 2018Food For Thought: A 5-Star Ohlone Banquet
ըստ Malcolm Margolin December 2017Community Street Painting
ըստ Melissa Dickenson November 201734 Trinity Arts & News
ըստ Jackie Hasa November 2017Force of Nature: Women's Work Visualized
ըստ Sawyer Rose October 2017Gilded
ըստ Xandra Ibarra September 2017Insect Trading Cards
ըստ David Garnick September 2017"you've got my eyes" - a dork-punk show-n-tell
ըստ Mark Krawczuk August 2017The Artship at Playland at 43rd Avenue
ըստ Susan Ryan July 2017Another brief History of the Sunset
ըստ Alicia Escott June 2017Q-Finder: A view into the possible
ըստ Edith Borrebach June 2017Drag Queen Story Hour
ըստ Juliana Delgado May 2017Cyclecide Moving Fund
ըստ Cyclecide Civetgrass April 2017First Female President
ըստ Margaret McCarthy March 2017Nomadic Keyboard Trike
ըստ Jennifer Murphy March 2017The Banana Peel
ըստ Cody Frost February 2017Why Fish Don't Exist
ըստ Lulu Miller February 2017Resurrecting Lou Harrison's Lost Electronic Music
ըստ Ryan Page January 2017GollOrbs—Flying Wind-Powered Kinetic Sculptures
ըստ Jeffrey Gollober November 2016Replacing Missing Piers of SF’s Embarcadero
ըստ Julie Crossman November 2016Badass Boarders
ըստ Kasley Killam October 2016World's Largest Nachos!
ըստ Laura D'Asaro October 2016Mobility Scooter Cruise Control Circuit!
ըստ Zach Reed September 2016The Period Party
ըստ Meghan Freebeck August 2016Screen Queens Face Fail
ըստ Harris David Harris July 2016Deej - community engagement campaign
ըստ Robert Rooy and DJ Savarese July 2016Stellar Displacement
ըստ Albert Kong June 2016Neighborhood Seeds
ըստ Maren Salomon May 2016Gotta Give Us Hope
ըստ Jamie Beckenstein April 2016LYFT for Seniors
ըստ Jacqueline Zimmer Jones April 2016NOTAFLOF Collective
ըստ Liam Kelly March 2016People's Open Network
ըստ Marc Juul February 20161-855-LADYFUN
ըստ Joe Veix February 2016The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival
ըստ James Kennedy January 2016LuminoKinetic Artist / Engineer
ըստ Carl Pisaturo December 2015Smuggling Nature: Walking Poems Across Golden Gate
ըստ Leath Tonino November 2015San Francisco Moby-Dick Marathon
ըստ Daniel Herman October 2015Project I AM
ըստ Meghan Peter October 2015Re:Sound
ըստ Jen Boyd September 2015Oakland FIGMENT
ըստ Oakland FIGMENT Team September 2015homobiles app hackathon space
ըստ Lynn Breedlove August 2015Litter Critters
ըստ Debbie McCann and Althea Marie McCann Tabor July 2015Teaching Electronics to Visually Impaired Students
ըստ Allen Pan July 2015Tangible Possibility: playful speed dating
ըստ Lea Redmond June 2015Grow'n & Chef'n Proper in Lower W. Oakland!
ըստ Justin Vandenbroeck May 2015Villainette: Bangs
ըստ Dax Tran-Caffee May 2015War Gastronomy - Recipes of Relocation
ըստ Justin Charles Hoover (胡智騰) and Chris Treggiari April 2015Swing Low Sweet Bicycles
ըստ Anonymous April 2015Limbus Lab
ըստ Andrew Maxwell-Parish April 2015Land Action Squatter House Prototype
ըստ Marcus Owens February 2015Oakland students make the future!
ըստ James Kealey & Nicholas Gilpinwright January 2015The Bayview Bus Project: Art Not Ads!
ըստ Jericha Senyak (The Museum of Joy) December 2014Jam 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 2014Capturing Pinball Physics
ըստ Melissa Harmon August 2014Changing the world one love note at a time
ըստ shannon Weber July 2014Wildcat Hauling
ըստ Timothy Furstnau (with FICTILIS) June 2014Superheroes at Angel Island
ըստ Neil Rivas June 2014Musical Peddles
ըստ Alvin Shiu May 2014Automata Subterranea
ըստ Nick Jones (aka Nick Knave) April 2014NMU, The Wire People
ըստ Isabel Halpern and Lucia Sanchez March 2014Traveling Heart Hospital Bags
ըստ Caroline Lovell February 2014A Portrait Project at the Zen Hospice
ըստ Claudia Biçen February 2014A Stop to Bullying
ըստ Vinnie Kang December 2013Awesöme Orchestra Collective
ըստ David Möschler November 2013The Library of Joy (A Museum of Joy Project)
ըստ Jericha Senyak October 2013Poetry with Elders
ըստ Silvi Alcivar September 2013The Mobile Wishing Well
ըստ Kari Marboe and Erin Johnson August 2013Sleep for Moms
ըստ Suzanne L'Heureux July 2013StreetStage and Kids POP!
ըստ Jeremy Shaw July 2013EOYDC summer Science class
ըստ Ashaki Scott July 2013SF Postcard Project
ըստ Hunter Franks May 2013Your Store
ըստ Kathryn Kenworth and Sarah Klein April 2013Real Spider-Man Web
ըստ Abel Melecio April 2013Youth Community Center and Garden
ըստ Youth Revolution March 2013Growing Together: Neighborhood Orchard Project
ըստ Mallika Nair February 2013Valentine's Day Love Letter Scavenger Hunt!
ըստ Olga Nunes January 2013Today's Future Sound Presents: Beats4Lunch
ըստ Elliot Gann December 2012"Walking on the Wall"
ըստ Calen Barca-Hall November 201224/7 Bike Repair Vending Machine
ըստ Marria Grace October 2012The Golden Hour
ըստ Julie Crossman August 2012Sonic Kung Fu Battle
ըստ Mike Lai August 2012OuterBody Games
ըստ Jason Wilson July 2012Cardboard Castle Building Workshop
ըստ Charlie Hufnagel July 2012Bathtub Street Gondola!
ըստ Ray Oppenheimer May 2012Lunar Topographies
ըստ Craig Dorety May 2012Come Out and Play San Francisco
ըստ Jackie Hasa April 2012The Balloon-Powered Dance Party!
ըստ George Zisiadis, Will Skinner, Isaac Shivvers April 2012Scents of San Francisco
ըստ Zee Boudreaux February 2012Little Opera
ըստ Erin Bregman November 2011Ourshelves Lending Library
ըստ Kristina Kearns October 2011Inner Sunset Street Fair 2011
ըստ Adam Greenfield September 2011Inquiring Minds: Science Camp for Adults
ըստ Julie Ron June 2011Sidewalk Natural History
ըստ Joel Pomerantz June 2011Panoranima / Spitting Image
ըստ Finley Coyl May 2011Meanwhile, San Francisco Microcommunities
ըստ wendy macnaughton April 2011100 Dinosaur Painting Scavenger Hunt
ըստ Adam Davis February 2011Scarf-a-day
ըստ Meredith Scheff January 2011Hoods To The Woods
ըստ Anthony J. Carranza October 2010Papergirl San Francisco
ըստ Heather Tompkins & Colleen Stockman September 2010Sounding the Waters (Sea Change)
ըստ Claire Schoen July 2010Robotic Desk Lamps
ըստ Jonathan Foote June 2010A History of the Sky
ըստ Ken Murphy May 2010Մեր 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