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Awesome Newcastle Awesome Newcastle provides $1,000 grants every month to help community projects in Newcastle, Australia. No strings attached.

We're for can-do people with ideas and determination. We believe awesome ideas can make a big impact. We're here to further the impact with a monthly bag of cash, no strings attached. We're not a charity and our goal is $0 profit for ourselves. We're a foundation created to advance community projects and help the artists, creators, ideas people and leaders of Newcastle. Grants are provided with no obligation; all we hope is to hear about the impact of grants we award. The ten board members of Awesome Newcastle provide the grant money from their own pockets. Awesome Newcastle is a chapter of The Awesome Foundation. The Awesome Foundation was created in 2009 and has provided over $1.5m in grants via 114 chapters in 26 countries. It was founded by MIT and Harvard students frustrated with the bureaucracy of traditional funding.

Seeking bright ideas for a brilliant city! Apply for Awesome Newcastle via our website, and you could win $1000 no-strin...
21/09/2026

Seeking bright ideas for a brilliant city! Apply for Awesome Newcastle via our website, and you could win $1000 no-strings-attached cold hard cash! Open to anyone in any field in the Hunter region. Do it, do it!

Last Wednesday night spring was in the air and warmth was in our hearts as we gathered again at The Young Street Hotel t...
11/09/2026

Last Wednesday night spring was in the air and warmth was in our hearts as we gathered again at The Young Street Hotel to give away another no-strings-attached $1000!

Our finalists this month were Masha of The Full Circle Collective, Nikki of High Earth Community Library and Ray from Food Not Bombs Muloobinba/Newcastle. Read the link in our bio to find out who took home the money, and start brainstorming your next idea for Awesome Newcastle!

Last Wednesday night spring was in the air and warmth was in our hearts as we gathered again at The Young Street Hotel t...
11/09/2026

Last Wednesday night spring was in the air and warmth was in our hearts as we gathered again at The Young Street Hotel to give away another no-strings-attached $1000!

Our finalists this month were Masha of The Full Circle Collective, Nikki of High Earth Community Library and Ray from Food Not Bombs Muloobinba/Newcastle. Read the blog post to find out who took home the money, and start brainstorming your next idea for Awesome Newcastle!

Last Wednesday night spring was in the air and warmth was in our hearts as we gathered again for Awesome Newcastle at the Young Street Hotel! We welcomed returning guest board members including Rebekah Prendergast of NCIG, Kate King of Katalyst, Fiona Morris of The Better Clean Team and the lovely J...

September's Awesome Newcastle is right around the corner! We'll be selecting finalists next week, so apply this weekend ...
22/08/2026

September's Awesome Newcastle is right around the corner! We'll be selecting finalists next week, so apply this weekend to get considered in the next round! Apply via our website or the link in the bio, and you could win $1000 cash!

Our August Awesome winner has already started putting their money to good use; buying socks and underwear for local peop...
21/08/2026

Our August Awesome winner has already started putting their money to good use; buying socks and underwear for local people sleeping rough.

Another Awesome Newcastle came and went last week in Carrington at The Young Street Hotel! Our finalists were Vanessa Ne...
13/08/2026

Another Awesome Newcastle came and went last week in Carrington at The Young Street Hotel! Our finalists were Vanessa Neri from Legup Project Newcastle/Hunter Valley Tess Lehman with her podcast “Wish My Mother Told Me” and Mitch Sweeney of EmryApp.

Read the blog post on the website to find out who took home the money and start brainstorming your next big idea for Awesome Newcastle!

Another Awesome Newcastle came and went last week in Carrington at The Young Street Hotel! Our finalists were Vanessa Ne...
13/08/2026

Another Awesome Newcastle came and went last week in Carrington at The Young Street Hotel! Our finalists were Vanessa Neri from Legup Project Newcastle/Hunter Valley Tess Lehman with her podcast “Wish My Mother Told Me” and Mitch Sweeney of EmryApp.

Read the blog post to find out who took home the money and start brainstorming your next big idea for Awesome Newcastle!

Another Awesome Newcastle came and went last Wednesday night at the Young Street Hotel! We welcomed several guest board members including Kate King of Katalyst, Fiona Morris of The Better Clean Team, Nick Kalaf of Tribe Bikes and the wonderful Jan Bynon. Our finalists were Vanessa Neri from Leg Up p...

Do you love Awesome Newcastle and what it does for the community? Have you ever wanted to be involved? We are looking fo...
04/08/2026

Do you love Awesome Newcastle and what it does for the community? Have you ever wanted to be involved? We are looking for a guest board member or two to be involved in giving away some money to a good cause, tomorrow night (Wednesday) in Carrington. If you have $100 to spare and are keen to listen, vote and make a difference, please send us an email asap at [email protected]!

Awesome Newcastle is a chapter of The Awesome Foundation. The Awesome Foundation was created in 2009 and has provided over $7m in grants via chapters in many countries. It was founded by MIT and Harvard students frustrated with the bureaucracy of traditional funding. We are always looking for intere...

Got some ideas bouncing around? Now is the time to apply to get in for August's Awesome Newcastle! 🎉🎉🎉 Keep your applica...
20/07/2026

Got some ideas bouncing around? Now is the time to apply to get in for August's Awesome Newcastle! 🎉🎉🎉 Keep your applications short and your ideas big and you could take home $1000 cash. Apply via our website! Good luck! 🦘🦘🦘

Another Awesome Newcastle happened last week at The Young Hotel! Read the blog on our website to find out who took home ...
08/07/2026

Another Awesome Newcastle happened last week at The Young Hotel! Read the blog on our website to find out who took home the cash, and big congrats to our amazing finalists with their great pitches! 🤩🤩🤩 Steel City Malibu Club Orchestra Nova KnockAndRunTheatre

Start brainstorming your next big idea, and we'll see you soon at August's Awesome Newcastle!

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