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An Awesome Foundation "Chapter" is born when a group of 10 seemingly normal people (or unruly misfits) come together and agree to pool $100 each of their own money, every month. Some chapters are assisted by more than 10 donors to raise funds for the grant. The self-organized group then collectively decides upon a project to receive their collective $1000.
While the Awesome Foundation's first circle of ten originated in Boston, MA in 2009, it has since exploded into a worldwide phenomenon with 89 chapters and in 18 countries. So far, the Awesome Foundation has funded 3079 3081 projects (that's $3,079081,000!). Each chapter is completely autonomous, and organized around geographic location or topic of interest, including technology, arts, food, social good, and beyond.
Ultimately, it is a way for regular people to philanthropically support other regular people's dreams, because we all know that it is regular people have the most ingenious flashes of brilliance, wildest fantasies, and diversity of interest and experience in making something unique happen!
= Current Chapters and Some of Their Awesomeness<br/> =
<span style="font-size: 12px;">## ALL CURRENT AWESOME CHAPTERS ARE CLASSIFIED BY CITY OR TOPIC, NOT BY SCHOOL AFFILIATION ## [[File:AF Chicago.jpg|thumb|AF Chicago.jpg]]<br/></span>
Awesome Chapters are becoming valuable nodes in their communities; creating a reason for very interesting, imaginative, cross-discipline people to encounter each other and public attractions which allow them to bond. Many Awesome Projects are very community-centric, here are a few:
== To Submit an Idea: ==
Anyone is eligible for a grant - individuals, groups, and organizations alike. Apply to the Awesome Foundation with an idea [http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/submissions/new here]. The form asks you choose which chapter you want to apply you your idea to. Apply to chapters near you [https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters here].
Attributes of a good Awesome Project Candidate include:
= Contact & Resources =
You can drop them an email at [[contactContact@awesomefoundation.org|c]][[Contact@awesomefoundation.org|ontact@awesomefoundation.org]], follow them on Twitter at [[@awesomefound]], or track them on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/awesomefoundation here].<br/>For info on The Institute on Higher Awesome Studies, check out this [http://civic.mit.edu/blog/natematias/the-institute-on-higher-awesome-studies article] about its founding and their ongoing [http://blog.awesomestudies.org/ blog].
Check out this TEDxBoston talk, The Importance of Being Awesome, given by Trustee Christina Xu:
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