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Love Life Balloons (Johnny's Red Balloon Project) World's Largest Cardboard Box Castle By Elizabeth Ortiz & Gilberto Sandoval Dunes Learning Center Food Waste Education Garfield Park Positive Improvements Free Art for the Residents of Englewood Milwaukee Avenue Mini Golf Course The Great Fire: A Traveling Truck Show Silent Theater Seeks Voice Da Favela to the Guetto: Pinhole Photography Open Source Scanning Tunneling Microscope Possibility Potlucks & "What if" Stores Neighborhood Little Free Library 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 (2026 expected dates: January 27th, February 24th, March 24th, April 28th, May 26th, June 23rd, July 28th, August 25th, September 22nd, October 27th, November 24th, December 22nd) If you are unsure if your idea matches the types of project we fund, please review our past award winners listed above.
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.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Individual artists with disabilities in the Chicago area. Specific eligibility details for the disability-specific fund may be available on their website. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows microgrants (typically $1,000). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Awesome Foundation (Chicago chapter) - Fund for Projects by Artists with Disabilities is funded by Awesome Foundation (Chicago chapter). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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Jerome Early-Career Project Grants is a grant from Forecast Public Art, funded by the Jerome Foundation, that funds the creation of new public art projects by early-career artists based in Minnesota. Two grants of $8,000 each are awarded annually to support temporary or permanent public artworks anywhere in Minnesota. Projects may be supported by public or nonprofit agencies but private commissions are not eligible, and a secured project site is required at the time of application. The program places special emphasis on supporting BIPOC and Native artists, LGBTQIA+ artists, women artists, immigrant artists, rural artists, and artists with disabilities. Eligible applicants are Minnesota-based individual artists with 2–10 years of generative experience. The application deadline was October 15, 2025.
The Local Cultural Council Program is a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council distributing $1,000 to $10,000 through a statewide network of 329 Local Cultural Councils (LCCs) representing every city and town in the Commonwealth. Each LCC awards funds based on local community cultural needs as assessed by council members. Eligible applicants include artists, nonprofits, schools, and organizations pursuing arts, humanities, and science projects. Applications are submitted directly to local councils and are typically due by October 16. Grants from most LCCs are reimbursement-based. Massachusetts Cultural Council funds the LCCs centrally, which then regrant to community projects.