Chicago Awesome
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Making Chicagoland a little more awesome every month by providing $1,000 no strings attached grants for #awesome ideas.
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Joined March 2011
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Hi friends, we're accepting applications to join us as trustees. We'd love to have your help selecting and funding awesome in Chicago.
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The Chicago Awesome Foundation is welcoming guest trustees! Could it be you? @chicagoawesome You can give your deets here and I'm always happy to answer ?s.
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Each month we give $1,000 to a project in Chicagoland that is Awesome. We leave the definition of “awesome” intentionally vague and up to the imagination! Interested in becoming a Trustee of Awesome...
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Hi friends, we're accepting applications to join us as trustees. We'd love to have your help selecting and funding awesome in Chicago.
docs.google.com
Each month we give $1,000 to a project in Chicagoland that is Awesome. We leave the definition of “awesome” intentionally vague and up to the imagination! Interested in becoming a Trustee of Awesome...
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TRQPITECA offers an “oasis at the crossroads between paradise and the underground.” | Matt Simonette More here 👉 https://t.co/6od1RijrCu
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Applications for the @canaryimpactfnd 10 for 10 Prize are still open. $10,000 grants BY formerly incarcerated people FOR formerly incarcerated people. Applications close on April 29th. Please RT and/or apply today at
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Great ky @danweissmann !
A well deserved win goes to @armandalegshow and @danweissmann for taking home Best Indie Podcast at #TheAmbies! 🏆 🔈 Listen to the show now: https://t.co/l2iMimezRH
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Congrats to awesome grantee @armandalegshow !
The Ambies nominees are in! Here are the nominees for Best Indie Podcast! #ambies #podcastawards @bissthepodcast @bloodorjustice @danweissmann @armandalegshow @iheartRadio @thelunar_co @apollopods @WalzonPrime @WHISPodcast @MazamaOfficial
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Check out the projects -
awesomefoundation.org
Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.
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Tanishia from The Go Hub and Amara from ChiResists shared with the @chicagoawesome trustees the amazing projects they plan to do with the Awesome Foundation grants they were awarded! Super cool synergy between the grantees tonight.
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Comics microgrant alert!
Announcing our first Athenaeum Gives Microgrant application! Athenaeum Gives is a project where we give micro-grants to cartoonists that are early in their careers. We currently have the funds for one 500 USD grant. Applications are due by Feb 20th. Details below:
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I'm guessing not on the train, but it's an awesome project ( they had a barge on the river for a bit) and they did some cool stuff by the El.
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Cultural Transit Assembly / CTA Green Line / Chicago Illinois USA / 2018-19 / Description / Cultural Transit Assembly (CTA), a...
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Kathleen led her first vermicomposting lab last week and we could hear literal shrieks of joy coming from the other room! 🪱
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A free holiday bookstore brought to you by GPLXC. Our gift to you 🎄 In collaboration with @OpenBooks
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So grateful for the incredible support coming in to our end of year matching campaign we want to remember & thank the first folks to give to An Arm and a Leg Podcast, the Chicago Awesome Foundation. https://t.co/iJ4HBFT1xO TY @chicagoawesome @awesomefound, we're going strong!
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An Arm and a Leg is a scrappy, independent production. Your contributions go a long way to helping us make the show.
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The Chicago Tool Library Planning A Move After Growing So Fast It’s Run Out Of Space For Donations
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BRIDGEPORT — A Bridgeport library where people can borrow tools is looking to expand. Tessa Vierk and Jim Benton founded the Chicago Tool Library, 1048 W.
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ICYMI: Thanks to @chicagosmayor, our Cultural Grants budget got a very big boost, which has doubled the funds available to Chicago artists through the 2022 IAP. Register for info sessions this Tuesday & Wednesday and on Dec. 9 — and apply by Jan. 7. Info: https://t.co/8kbtNq2rex
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Want to give, not get, this holiday season? Here are more than 30 nonprofits and mutual aid groups where you can donate your time, supplies or money to help other Chicagoans. https://t.co/vml7dCTxZP
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.@chicagoawesome in the non-profit/sponsoring orgs guide! If you have a great idea that $1000 could make reality, drop us an application 😀
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