Help keep Portland awesome! Apply for a grant today!

 Applications go through the main Awesome Foundation site. Please be clear and specific about what you’ll use the money for and why it will make Portland more awesome. You can even include images to demonstrate the project. Apply now and be sure to select that this is for the Portland chapter! There is one more grant for 2026 and we’ll have four grant opportunities in 2027!

What we fund

• Projects in the Portland, Oregon area. While we have donated to Oregon projects in the past, we’re currently focusing our efforts on making Portland itself awesomer!

• We will consider all causes, including art, culture, community, environment, animal welfare, human rights, diversity & inclusion, and community events.

• Projects with a clear demonstration on how it will impact the Portland community.

What we don’t fund

• Individuals and personal individual projects – this means funds for rent and bills, travel, or business start-up funds.

• Individual education/trainings, book publishing, or LLM tokens.

• General operating funds for nonprofits.

Additional tips

• Be sure to detail how your project will make Portland more awesome.

• Detail how you will spend the $1,000. Project budgets are encouraged.

• Provide as many details as you can. Where will this project be located? Is it city-wide or in a specific neighborhood? How many people will be served by this project?