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THE AWESOME FOUNDATION

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FATHERHOOD AND FADES: BARBERSHOP TALKS

By Shaleem Bush January 2024


ORIGAMI VENDING MACHINE

By Sok Song December 2023


THE REIGNITE RESIDENCY

By Shain Slepian / 14th Street Y October 2023


MIRACLE COMPOST PROJECT

By Nadege Alexis September 2023


STOOPS BED STUY SUMMER ART CRAWL

By Kendra J. Ross July 2023


BROOKLYN CUMBIA FESTIVAL

By Camilo Quiroz-Vazquez and One Whale's Tale June 2023


TENANT TOOLS FOR REPAIRS

By Sateesh Nori at JustFix May 2023


ART ON THE AVE NYC - THE HEIGHTS

By Barbara Anderson April 2023


FLYING DRAGON ELECTRIC SKATEBOARD

By Stuart Anderson March 2023


SWAN SONG

By Leslie Ruckman & Gal Nissim March 2023


A RELATIONSHIP GUIDEBOOK FOR SEX WORKERS

By Molly Simmons February 2023


BLACK HISTORY MONTH GAME JAM

By Victoria Coker January 2023


A JURY OF OUR QUEERS

By Section 175 Collective December 2022


BRONX BOUND BOOKS

By Latanya DeVaughn November 2022


TALK TO ME

By jordan Seiler October 2022


TIRESIAS PRESENTS UNDERWORLD

By Evan Silver aka Tiresias September 2022


WELCOME TO THE CLUB

By Molly Woodward August 2022


HER VILLAGE INC. ESSENTIAL ITEMS BANK

By Chantal Alison-Konteh July 2022


COMEDIC TIMING: LAUGHTER AND LIBERATION FESTIVAL

By Kanene Holder June 2022


(HOLY) BLOOD

By Denis Butkus May 2022


RAGERCIZE: AN AEROBIC CATHARSIS

By Marella Martin Koch (on behalf of The Rally Cat) April 2022


TRANS AND QUEER IMMIGRANT-LED FOOD PANTRY

By Jay Dalal March 2022


MOTHER'S PEARLS DOULA TRAINING PROGRAM

By Ebony N White-Kilpatrick March 2022


CONEY ISLAND POETRY MAP

By Amanda Deutch and Parachute Literary Arts February 2022


HERE'S TO THE LADIES WHO - DOCUSERIES

By Kiki Rathbun January 2022


SPATIAL POETRY PROJECT

By Hua Xi December 2021


THE PASSION PROJECT

By Shawn Waterman November 2021


GG

By Jordan Dykstra October 2021


#DELIVER4JUSTICE

By Sol Aramendi September 2021


BLACK BOX

By Michael Coppage August 2021


COLLAB GREENSPACE

By The Bronx Collab July 2021


LUCID DREAM MINIGOLF

By Bren Gaesser and Liam Singer June 2021


THE ANYWHERE FESTIVAL OF EVERYWHERE STAGES

By Liz Oakley May 2021


CARBON SPONGE

By Brooke Singer April 2021


DIY ASSISTIVE TECH FOR THE MASSES!

By Loreto Dumitrescu April 2021


"LEAVE SOME FOR ME"

By Angela Miskis April 2021


SYNTH LIBRARY NYC

By CY X & Heidi Sabertooth March 2021


EAST NEW YORK COMMUNITY LAND TRUST

By Albert Scott Jr. February 2021


TRUST YOUR STRUGGLE: FOSTER CARE ALUMNI EDUCATORS

By Lili Glauber January 2021


BIPOC & LGBTQA+ IMPROV SCHOLARSHIPS

By Nolan Kennedy December 2020


#SAVEOURCOMPOST

By Anna Sacks December 2020


STUDENT NEWSPAPER CURRICULUM

By Lara Bergen December 2020


2020 TRANSGIVING HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

By LaTravious Collins November 2020


INTEGRATENYC PEER DEFENSE PROJECT

By Molly Murphy October 2020


GLOBETOPS IN NYC

By Marco Lao September 2020


A BLACK QUEER & TRANS GARDEN IN BED-STUY

By Morgen Bromell August 2020


PUBLIC ASSISTANTS

By DonChristian Jones July 2020


MECHANICAL GARDENS BIKE CO-OP

By Josh Bisker June 2020


LEVELER

By Alessandra DeBenedetti May 2020


LANDLORD WATCH: COVID19 RESPONSE FAQ

By Madeline Blount April 2020


EMERGENCY OUTDOOR BIKE WORKSHOPS

By Time's Up! Environmental Group April 2020


COMMUNITY SCIENCE KITS

By Kiddie Science / Carmen Castillo-Barrett April 2020


NYHRE HOLISTIC HEALTH SERVICES

By Juan Cortez March 2020


CATCALLS OF NYC

By Sophie Sandberg February 2020


CROWN HEIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL

By Cynthia Chatman January 2020


TECH LEARNING COLLECTIVE

By Tech Learning Collective December 2019


COOKIES FOR THE FRONT DESK

By Tamar Rubin November 2019


UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS OF NEW YORK

By REBEKAH TURNER October 2019


PRESERVATION OF THE DYKE TV RAW FOOTAGE ARCHIVE

By Desiree Yael Vester September 2019


RIBBED MUSSEL REHABILITATION PROJECT

By Gary Francis August 2019


FOURTOP

By Joanna Franchini July 2019


A GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE

By Laura Plimpton June 2019


THE BIRTHDAY PARTY PROJECT

By Allison Dukes May 2019


NEW NEIGHBORS CLOTHING PARTNERSHIP

By Shoshana Akabas April 2019


THE OPEN PLANT COMMUNITY BIOLOGY PROJECT

By Rachel Haberstroh March 2019


PROJECT X BRONX POETRY & ARTS FESTIVAL

By Noel Quiñones February 2019


WOMEN'S WEEKEND FILM CHALLENGE

By Tracy Sayre and Katrina Medoff January 2019


MOBILE PLAY:GROUNDNYC

By Rebecca Faulkner December 2018


FRESH PIPES:A CONCERT OF WORLD PREMIERES FOR ORGAN

By Austin Philemon November 2018


FOUR WISE CATTLE

By Karyn Lao & Mark Zlotsky October 2018


HARRIET TUBMAN STAMP

By Dano Wall September 2018


JUST WRITE COMMUNITY PROJECT

By Tanesha "Coach Tea" Ingram August 2018


BLOCK PARTY FOR A JUST REZONING

By Northern Manhattan Is Not for Sale / Alto Manhattan No Se Vende July 2018


HOMEWARD BOUND: MEMORIES, IDENTITY, AND RESILIENCE

By Mei Lum June 2018


21ST CENTURY DEMOCRACY: A "HOW-TO" GUIDE

By Darshana Narayanan May 2018


WINC CON 2018

By Regine Sawyer April 2018


PEDESTRIAN WANDERLUST

By Rami Shafi March 2018


COMPUTER1.0

By Julian Goldman & Victoria Manganiello February 2018


GALLERY GURLS

By jasmin hernandez January 2018


BROOKLYN ARTISANAL GASOLINE

By Hackett December 2017


JEFFERSON GATES

By Superchief Gallery/ Rachel Kolarik November 2017


SYRIAN REFUGEE GRAPHIC MINI-NARRATIVES

By Chris Russell October 2017


EMMA'S TORCH FEMALE BAKING COLLECTIVE

By Julia Bumke September 2017


WE THE PPL: POLITICS FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T VOTE

By Zora Ilunga-Reed August 2017


THE FREE BLACK WOMEN'S LIBRARY

By OlaRonke Akinmowo July 2017


NEW WOMEN SPACE

By Sandra Hong June 2017


1 MINUTE MEAL: A DOCUMENTARY PORTRAIT OF NYC

By James Boo May 2017


DEVISED THEATRE PROJECT

By Khristal Curtis April 2017


FREE WATER ECOLOGY AND ENGINEERING FIELD TRIPS

By Matt Malina March 2017


WOMEN WHO BUILD: ARTIST WHO OWN

By Clara West February 2017


THE ITINERANT WRITING WORKSHOP IN SPANISH

By Maria Paz Cuevas Silva January 2017


ACTION ITEM FAIR

By Ann Bickerton December 2016


COFFEE CUP ARTWORK

By Phoebe Ho November 2016


GAME NIGHT EVENT SERIES

By Sheetal Prajapati October 2016


PIANO IN A FISHBOWL

By Adrian Untermyer September 2016


MURALS FOR A QUEENS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FACILITY

By Laini Nemett August 2016


ID SHOP

By Sue Jeong Ka July 2016


QUEER KID STUFF

By Lindsay Amer June 2016


NYC #POPSCOPE

By Isaac Lief May 2016


CELLO WITHOUT WALLS

By Jacob Cohen / Friends of Island Academy April 2016


THE HARLEM FREE SCHOOL

By Nailah Ricco March 2016


AMATEUR SCIENCE MEETS SUPERCONDUCTOR RESEARCH

By Joseph Nardone March 2016


SLIME - STUDENTS OF LONG ISLAND MAKER EXPO

By Kristina A. Holzweiss February 2016


GENDER AMPLIFIED

By Ebonie Smith January 2016


SWALE

By Mary Mattingly December 2015


VISIONING THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE MONTAUK CUTOFF

By Gil Lopez November 2015


MOBILE PRINT POWER + COMBAT PAPER

By Interference Archive October 2015


THE FREE PORTRAIT PROJECT: CROWN HEIGHTS

By RUSTY ZIMMERMAN September 2015


ACCESS N. BK: FLUSHING AVENUE J/M STATION

By Alan Minor August 2015


ALLIANCE FOR GIRLS IN STEM

By Sean Reed July 2015


LOST & FOUND

By Betty Beaumont June 2015


BROOKLYN PLANS: FINANCIAL POP-UP SPACES IN BK

By Jennifer Velasquez and Kristen Euretig May 2015


4TH ANNUAL SANDWICH CLUB SUMMIT

By Shannon Finnegan & Breanne Trammell April 2015


CRICKET COOP

By Rodrigo Guzman S (RSM) March 2015


THE COALITION ZINE

By Alana Mohamed February 2015


THE ROCKAWAY DYE GARDEN

By Isabella Scott January 2015


SHOWERED WITH HOPE INC.

By David Lin December 2014


TO PARK OR NOT TO PARK

By Nikki Sylianteng November 2014


THE DREARY COAST

By Jeff Stark October 2014


BARTER TOWN

By Heather Hart September 2014


FORGET ME NOT: SHINING LIGHT ON THE FORGOTTEN BORO

By Bridget Bartolini August 2014


LITTLE HACKERS; HACKING MUSEUMS FOR NEXTGEN NY

By Nick Gray June 2014


DOG AMUSEMENT PARK

By Kerri Schlottman-Bright May 2014


CURBSIDE COMPOST MESSAGING

By Debby Lee Cohen April 2014


LICKESTRA: A LICKABLE ORCHESTRA

By Emilie Baltz March 2014


THE 90-SECOND NEWBERY FILM FESTIVAL

By James Kennedy February 2014


WE RADIATE

By Sashti Balasundaram January 2014


SNEEL - OPEN HARDWARE SWIMMING ROBOTIC SNAKE

By gabriella levine December 2013


PIER 42 WILD OYSTER SURVEY

By The River Project November 2013


HUDSON RIVER PROJECT

By James Bowthorpe October 2013


THE LOVE MOTEL FOR INSECTS: ANAX JUNIOS VARIATION

By Brandon Ballengée September 2013


CLIMATE MODELS CALENDAR

By Rebecca Fowler August 2013


SUBWAY SETS

By Dan Pierson July 2013


MOORE STREET AQUAPONICS EDUCATION FARM

By Yemi Amu June 2013


MOVIES AT SUNDOWN

By Bronx Documentary Center May 2013


NAMETAG DAY

By Michael Morgenstern April 2013


BROOKLYN BRAINERY BACKYARD

By Jen Messier & Jonathan Soma March 2013


WAYFINDING: 100 NYC PUBLIC SCULPTURES

By Bundith Phunsombatlert February 2013


UPLIFT YOURSELF, UPLIFT THE WORLD

By Zachary Valenti January 2013


1911 BAKER ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE

By Thomas W. Polapink December 2012


THIS IS NOT A TRASH PILE

By J McDonald/This is not a Trash Pile and Chef Moses/Culinary Kids in Rockaway,
Queens November 2012


THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR PROJECT

By David Adams October 2012


ILLICIT COUPLES RETREAT

By Ida Benedetto & Nathan Austin September 2012


CONCRETE SAFARIS: AFTERSCHOOL IN EAST HARLEM

By Mac Levine August 2012


SILENT LIGHTS

By Valeria Bianco July 2012


REGRET PROJECT

By Grayson Earle June 2012


LEGOMANDALA

By Kylin O'Brien May 2012


596 ACRES

By Eric Brelsford and Paula Segal April 2012


URBAN FREE FARM - PRODUCING FREE FOOD IN BROOKLYN

By Bushwick City Farms October 2011


BABYCASTLES

By Kunal Gupta June 2011


HIP-HOP WORD COUNT

By Tahir Hemphill July 2010


THE IGUANA HOUSE AT THE BROOKLYN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

By The Iguana House at the Brooklyn Children's Museum April 2010


THE ANYWHERE ORGAN

By Matthew Borgatti March 2010


LASER TWEEZERS

By Ben Dubin-Thaler, Ph.D. January 2010




ABOUT US



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Our application deadline is the last day of the month. We meet on the second
Monday of each month to review the previous month's submissions. If your
application is time-sensitive, please let us know in your applications.

New York is bubbling with creativity and we are looking to fund really cool
projects that touch everything from tech to social to art to media to education.
Do you have a great idea? Apply for an AwesomeNYC grant today!

Some tips for writing an awesome grant application:

 * Be brief - we have a ton of applications to review every month
 * Be fun - remember, you want your application to stand out from the pack
 * Be specific - we want to know how you're going to use the $1,000 - show us
   that you've thought this thing through



If your project was not selected in a given month, please feel free to reapply.
We generally only review applications from the current month's pool. In
addition, please feel free to get in touch with us if you'd like feedback on
your application - we're happy to talk!


MEET THE TRUSTEES


 1.  JESSE CHAN-NORRIS
     
     


 2.  LINA ALFONSO
     
     


 3.  NICOLE BRODEUR
     
     


 4.  JAMIE CANTON
     
     


 5.  MARIA DAUTRUCHE
     
     


 6.  ALESSANDRA DEBENEDETTI
     
     


 7.  SARA ENRIGHT
     
     


 8.  MELANIE KAHL
     
     


 9.  CYNTHIA MANICK
     
     


 10. RICHARD MORGAN
     
     


 11. KENYATTA SKYLES
     
     


 12. GUEST TRUSTEE
     
     


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 14. GUEST TRUSTEE
     
     


 15. DANO WALL
     
     

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