Awesome Foundation San Francisco Chapter
/OVERVIEW: The Awesome Foundation’s San Francisco chapter supports the arts, technology, community development, emergency needs, civic engagement, LGBTQ issues and youth in San Francisco, California.
FUNDING AREAS: Arts, technology, community development, emergency needs, civic engagement, LGBTQ issues, youth
IP TAKE: Make your pitch playful, informal and whimsical to catch this funder’s attention in San Francisco with your unusual project.
PROFILE: The Awesome Foundation has a chapter based in San Francisco, California. This is one of many chapters of the Awesome Foundation, which is “global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1000 at a time.” This is a DIY operation that pools resources to make a monthly gift in San Francisco Bay Area communities. It funds local efforts for the arts, technology, community development, emergency needs, civic engagement, LGBTQ issues and youth.
The Awesome Foundation’s San Francisco chapter awards micro grants in this region of Northern California. It has prioritized crisis-related proposals during times of urgent needs, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. It also prioritizes proposals from people of color and who are connected to the Black Lives Matter movement. The funder awards one grant per month, often to new organizations and small projects rather than well-established organizations. For organizations and nonprofits, the funder likes to see experimental ideas. Artists’ ideas with public interactive elements and events at least seven weeks into the future also get this funder’s attention.
Grants are $1,000 each. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by following the Awesome Foundation San Francisco on Facebook and Twitter. Grantmaking focuses on the city of San Francisco, California. Past local grantees include the Sonoma Poetry Festival, Automata Suberranea and Little Opera.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits and individuals. Grantseekers should apply for funding electronically on the foundation website for this specific city. The funder welcomes proposals at any time and considers ideas that came in during the previous calendar month at its monthly meetings. Direct general questions to the staff at sf@awesomefoundation.org.
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