The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1000 at a time. Each fully autonomous chapter supports awesome projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. These micro-grants, $1000 or the local equivalent, come out of pockets of the chapter's "trustees" and are given on a no-strings-attached basis to people and groups working on awesome projects.

The Awesome Summit affords an opportunity for Awesome Foundation chapters to get together to exchange ideas and experiences, and to strengthen and grow the movement. Since the first Awesome Foundation chapter was started in 2009, we have held six summits -- Boston (2012), New York City (2013), Ottawa (2014), Seattle (2016), Washington DC (2017), Chicago (2019), and a regional summit in Sydney (2022). 

The next global Summit has been scheduled for October 2024. More info coming soon!

The Awesome Summit brings together trustees and deans of the Awesome Foundation network from across the world. We share success stories, discuss challenges, and collaborate to further spread the mission. We welcome sponsors who want to further forward the interest of awesome in the universe.

Contributions in the United States are tax-deductible through the Institute on Higher Awesome Studies, a 501(c)(3) organization, EIN 27-5002182. All donations are tax deductible and deeply appreciated. 

To learn more about sponsoring our next Summit check back here in the future, or email summit@awesomefoundation.org with any questions.

If you want to forward the interest of awesome in the universe $1,000 at a time, we recommend seeing if there is a local chapter near you or a thematic chapter that captures your interest. If there isn't, we encourage you to consider starting your own chapter. 

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Institute on Higher Awesome Studies, the non-profit arm that supports the Awesome Summits and individual chapters of the Awesome Foundation.

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