The submission window for the Atlanta chapter’s June grant is now open. Applications are being accepted from May 1-May 20th and the funds will be awarded during the June “Awesome Hour.” To date, the newly launched chapter has awarded two grants. The inaugural grant was awarded in April to the S.M.A.R.T Moves Chess Club for Teen Boys and the May grant was given to The Cross Keys Foundation to build a “Little Free Library” along the Buford Highway corridor for a largely “English Learner” Language (ELL) population. – Apply today
The submission window for the Atlanta chapter’s May grant opened today – as the inaugural winner was announced. The chapter’s inaugural winner is The S.M.A.R.T Moves Chess Club, a mentoring program for young men. The chess club was started by Fulton County Juvenile Court Officer, Mustafa Mahdi and the Deputy Chief of Probation, Samuel Washington. The grant-funds will be used to purchase additional chess boards, game-timers and business-attire for the young men in the program, all from low income single parent homes. Since the program’s inception Officer Mahdi has personally purchased the chess boards from thrift stores. The window for the May Grant will be opened from April 1 – April 20th. The winner will be announced prior to Awesome Atlanta’s monthly cocktail hour to be held @ bar Eleven at the Loews Atlanta Hotel. The winner and other purveyors of social-good are invited to attend the monthly gathering. – Apply today
Did you know that at the end of the school semester, college students might have hundreds of pre-paid meal points (or “swipes” on their meal cards) that disappear at the end of each term? Neither did we, until Awesome LA learned about ‘Swipes for the Homeless’, our March grant winner, who told us about their program that allows students to convert the unused dollars to food for their local homeless populations. In addition to feeding the homeless, the organization also educates students on campus about local homelessness and hunger issues in their area. We thought that sounded awesome. ‘Swipes for the Homeless’ was originally created at UCLA in 2009 to address the hundreds of thousands of dollars that disappeared from student meal plans every semester, and by 2012, the organization became an incorporated non-profit to help the program spread nationally. They’re no up to five, student-run chapters, headquartered at The Hub LA in Downtown. Here’s hoping their Awesome grant helps them develop more chapters across LA and beyond. Learn more at swipesforthehomeless.org.
The submission window for the newly formed chapter’s inaugural grant is March 1 – 20, 2014. The funds will be awarded April during the chapter’s launch event. Proposals are simple: 350 – 1500 words submitted using a simple online application that explains why the project meets the foundation’s standard for awesomeness and how the project will immediately impact the city. The Atlanta Chapter’s grants will support projects in sciences, arts, civic engagement, media, entertainment… just about anything as long as long as it contributes to making Atlanta awesome. The grants can go to groups, individuals, small no-profit organizations, almost any entity. Just like other Awesome Foundation chapters, the monthly $1000 grant is obtained from contributions by the chapter’s trustees who make a monthly contribution to fund the award. Trustees also vote on the submissions to determine who receives funding. To apply:www.AwesomeAtlanta.org Connect with the chapter: Twitter @AwesomeAtlanta – IG #AwesomeAtlanta – FB/AwesomeAtlanta.
On the evening of Thursday February 6th, Awesome Palm Beach, the Palm Beach County chapter of the Awesome Foundation, met for its Pitch Party and Grant Award and donated a $1,700 micro-grant to Jack The Bike Man.
