The Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation (A2Awesome) is a branch of the Boston-based micro-philanthropic organization –The Awesome Foundation. The group meets monthly to give out cash grants in the amount of $1,000 each for projects they consider to be extraordinarily awesome.
Some of the grants given out include:
- Bona Sera Cafe, for the opening of a cafe in Ypsilanti
- Nathan Ayers, to build two bicycle-powered vegetable growing racks to teach permaculture in the schools
Board members, 2012: