Awesome Foundation Cleveland Chapter Grants

Awesome Foundation Cleveland Chapter Grants is sponsored by The Awesome Foundation Cleveland Chapter. Awards quarterly $1,000 no-strings-attached cash to projects and programs that bring maximum awesomeness to Cleveland, Ohio. The focus is on projects in Cuyahoga County that benefit others and have a significant and immediate impact.

Cleveland, OH - The Awesome Foundation East Cleveland Community Choir Mental Health Child Caregiver Lending Library By Aya Kalimah Satya Ruane GardenWalk Cleveland 2026 Food Strong's Care-a-Van Summer Wellness Series By Michelle Jackson Rollins Caregiver Empowerment Series Supplies for Free and Affordable Art Classes Free Front-Yard Trees for Residents Thrive From The Grown Up Solar shed By Lytoni S Beckham Brown Operational Space Upgrade Dollars & Sense: "Money Beyond the Numbers" Comics at the Corner 2025 Lit lounges JVA Cleveland Archive Community Archiving Day 2nd Annual Christmas Gifting & Dinner By Paula Coggins for Oh Sew Powerful, Inc. Natural Clay Plaster Workshops Superhero Project Touring Exhibit Cleveland Sews' Community Sew-A-Thon Slavic Village Bike Fix-a-thon Sistah-Djiguene: Bridges to Sisterhood Every Child Deserves a Good Knight One Set: 10-month School Based Program Sophisticleveland Steppers and Drumrow Drumline A.

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Mindfulness) Project Americans Making Immigrants Safe (AMIS) By Selena Awesome Vicario KIDShakes: Shakespeare for Families! Playroom Restoration for Education Saving Young Women through the Arts Bluestone Court Coalition Mentorship Program Bridge the Gap Initiative POPCE Community Garden Come Back Wellness Awareness & Outreach!

ListenCLE - Busking Initiative Keep the Critters Out Campaign Outdoor Connection Kits & Outside Discovering Me!

By Mary Macias, Footpath Foundation By Community Yahoos contact person Odetta Fields Tablets, Hotspots, Training for Low Income Seniors Virtual Opening of Cozad Bates House By Restore Cleveland Hope Let's Stop Gang Violence in Cleveland Ohio ALIEN CSI 21st Century STEM Experience By Organic Connects, Inc. A bee-utiful and egg-cellent urban farm By Kyla Werlin, Program Coordinator, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Cleveland Field Office Microgrid Engineers of Tomorrow Network or MET Net BRSH: B.

Riley Sober House. I'M ALIVE YOU BASTARDS AND I ALWAYS WILL BE By Casey Venema and Colin Anderson (Nightbloom Theatre Company) Building Furniture to Build Futures Delivering joy through recycled flowers Recent press about our local chapter: https://www. cleveland.

com/news/2024/01/kindland-grassroots-micro-philanthropy-big-impacts-propel-awesome-foundation-cleveland. html Interested in becoming a Trustee? Contact Allison Lukacsy-Love ( alukacsy@gmail.

com ) Submit an application, below, before 11:59pm on September 1, 2026 to be considered for the next grant cycle (awarded in mid-March). (We will award three (3) $1,000 grants within 3 weeks of the above deadline. We have more Trustees than ever before and as of March 2025, we've awarded $73,000 to awesome projects - how cool is that?!

This chapter of the Awesome Foundation began in spring 2019 and awards quarterly $1,000 no-strings-attached cash to projects and programs that bring maximum awesomeness to Cleveland, Ohio (projects outside of Cuyahoga County are discouraged).

Check out the list of projects that we have funded on our chapter website to get a better sense of the scope and diversity of the "shovel-ready," creative, and totally awesome projects that have already bettered the lives of the residents of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. In each case, the prospective grantee convinced us that an infusion of $1000 would make a significant & immediate impact.

Our grantees have used the money to buy things like industrial flower coolers, gloves and garbage bags for cleaning up parks, an accessible commode, lumber for building bee houses, etc... but not for publishing a book or paying their rent. …..

more TIPS for applying to our chapter: - include PHOTOS! - Keeping the money local is our priority! Make sure your project is in Cuyahoga County and benefits others (ie, if you are looking for cash to open a for-profit business or fund your own salary, this is not the grant for you).

- Think about the impact: is it sustainable? Will our gift be distinguishable amongst your other funders? Will our funds launch your project or be the last dollars in to make your idea a reality?

- Be creative and specific - we love projects that stand out in a sea of 50+ applications each cycle and with so much to read, the best contenders for funds have succinct and specific plans to spend the cash. Tell us exactly what you will do with the funds and when. Details count!

Awesome Cleveland isn’t a foundation or a non-profit. Cash comes straight from the pockets of our passionate trustees and directly into the hands of the dreamers and doers making our community awesome. The definition of "Awesome" is left open-ended on purpose but it amounts to that intangible combination of social impact and fun.

If you’ve got an innovative idea that needs support, you’ve come to the right place. WHAT WE DO NOT FUND: We do not fund programs that do not specifically impact those living in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. While we appreciate the good work you’re trying to do, please do not apply for funding in any of those cases.

And we DO NOT FUND FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES. OUR PROCESS: The trustees meet during the second week of the last month of each quarter (March, June, September, December). Directly after, we vote, announce the winner, and hand over the money!

We take you at your word that you’ll finish the project within a few months time. Keep us in the loop along the way. Even if you don't get a grant, our volunteer Trustees strive to connect you with people or organizations who share your interests and pursuits.

We occasionally plan ‘Awesome Happy Hours’ so stay tuned to our Facebook page ( www. facebook. com/awesomeCLE ) for updates.

We want everyone to know #ClevelandIsAwesome