In honor of Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, shout out to the good work at @StartingWToday which offers Black-centered programming that celebrates well-being & liberation! Check out the podcast on vulnerability and Black men for a taste: buff.ly/3l5cfMS #AwesomeDC

Shoutout to previous grant winner, Keep DC Rolling, for bringing quality bike repairs and bike education to DC! Check out upshiftdc.com to learn more about Upshift DC! #BICYCLE #AFDC #AwesomeDC

Our June grant winner mĀK. is screening their documentary on August 20th! Check out eventbrite.com/e/loc-doc-tick… for tickets and more info! #AwesomeDC #AFDC

Shoutout to Awesome DC Champion, Matt McEntee! Matt is a previous grant winner who has recommended great applicants to us. He is also a custom design and fabrication outfit based in Northwest D.C. Go Matt! #AFDC #AwesomeDC #AwesomeFoundation

Congrats to our July grant winner: Dancing On The Air: The Teenarama Story! It is a theatrical musical telling the real story of the teen television dance show created for Black teenagers in DC on the former WOOK-TV from 1963-1970. Stay tuned for September streaming details!

Mini Chicago Awesome and Awesome DC Reunion featuring Todd Rudolph, @EMYLaBerge, Will sullivan, and Liz Lux! #awesomefoundation #awesomechicago #awesomedc

The application window for our October grant cycle is now open! Got a great idea to make DC more awesome this fall? Apply! #ward1 #ward2 #ward3 #ward4 #ward5 #ward6 #ward7 #ward8 #AwesomeFoundation #AFDC

Enjoyed the fall weather at our September grant meeting last night! #AFDC #AwesomeDC #AwesomeFoundation

We planted a red oak tree in honor of Will sullivan for his many years of service as Dean and Trustee of AFDC. He championed our 'acorn to oak' call to action, and we certainly appreciate all the awesome work he has done for our community!

Shoutout to Beverly from AAMA-DC for sharing about Dancing On The Air: The Teenarama Story at our grant meeting. Look out for streaming details in November!

Congrats to our September grant winner - A is for Awareness! Alicia will be painting portraits of loved ones lost due to violence in DC for their families.

Floater Trustee @kristintracz -- "Supporting the work of AFDC grantees and partners feels like its for us, in our city, in our community --it feels like we're in on a fantastic secret together, about how wonderful a place this is to live, work and play."

Applications are due October 17th!

Shoutout to a Champion of Awesome: Hannah Neagle of WABA Hannah has referred us a grant winning application! Stay awesome!

We are excited to read about your awesome ideas! Apply, apply, apply!

Looking to get more involved in the community? The DC Chapter of the Awesome Foundation would love to have you! We are recruiting for new trustees to help us fund Awesome projects across the city each month. Indicate your interest at this link: buff.ly/2WScGgk

We're back to virtual for this month's meeting - but still as excited as ever to be giving away a $1,000 grant! #AFDC #AwesomeDC #AwesomeFoundation #DCGrants #DCLIFE #202 #virtualmeeting

In December 2018 we awarded a grant to the AWESOME DC Puzzle Swap group. On Sunday 1/30, 11am-1pm at Lamont Plaza, join your fellow puzzlers, share a puzzle you've been wanting to get off your hands, and pick up a new challenge: facebook.com/events/3922569…!

Congrats to our latest grant winner, STEM for Girls: Math Speaks Weekend Academy! They're hosting a FREE 5-month academy for 32 girls to collaborate with each other to solve math challenges, building critical skills, and meet STEM professionals. AWESOME! mathspeaksdc.org

Applications for our March grant are due this Sunday! Send us your idea to make DC awesome: awesomefoundation.org/en/submissions…