Awesome Foundation

The Awesome Foundation is clever, loosely organized way of funding fun and interesting projects. Basically about 15 people come together and contribute $100 per month into a fund. They then solicit “awesome” projects from ordinary citizens and grant $1,000 a month to one project, seemingly the more bizarre the better, like this one: Tutus for Batman. Today, I went to the Boston chapter’s Awesome hours, where I mingled with a few trustees to hear more about what they’re looking for.

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