The Projects

Awesome Pittsburgh grant winning projects that will inspire you as much as they did us!
These projects are also listed on our chapter page at Awesome Foundation.

2022

#136: Spring Collegiate Musical
#135: The Remembering Room
#134: No Guns Allowed
#133: HAP Hive
#132: Modern Gargoyle Project
#131: Reimagined Recycling (10th Anniversary Award Winner)
#130: Carrick Community Pavilion (10th Anniversary Award Winner)
#129: Act Up (10th Anniversary Award Winner)
#128: Youth Shakespeare Society of Pittsburgh
#127: Spark/Pride 2022
#126: Yinz Run Club
#125: The Inklings Book Co-op with a Social Justice Mission
#124: Black Hair Equity at the McKeesport Downtown Housing Low Barrier Shelter

2021

#123: Emergency Essentials for Single Mothers
#122: Little Seed Library
#121: The Mobile Thriving Respite
#120: Looking Glass
#119: Pittsburgh Garbage Olympics
#118: City Visions
#117: Painting Main
#116: Wilkinsburg Library’s Library of Things
#115: Baby Bison Days Charity Powwow
#114: Joy Riders Pittsburgh
#113: Soil Sisters Plant Nursery
#112: Inwood Mural Proposal

2020

#111: Bodega Babies
#110: Collaborative Haiku Billboards: The Rona Edition
#109: Braddock Community Conservation Corp
#108: Caileigh Lynn McDowell Pop-Up! Voter Registration
#107: Empty Space Project
#106: Civil Saturdays
#105: Grace Space
#104: Bolly Boutique
#103: Vintage Computers in the Digital Age
#102: Pittsbubble!
#101: The Mirage
#100: Community Repair Clinics

2019

#99: Pittsburgh Jail Education Leadership Training
#98: Awesome Community Baby Shower
#97: Suicide Prevention Training
#96: The BlackTeaBrownSuga Network
#95: VoiceGivers Choir
#94: Treecup Tea
#93: November 9, 2016 (One Thousand Cranes)
#92: Pittsburgh Bereavement Doulas
#91: Queerling Collective: Brunchaus
#90: Let’s Go Fishing
#89: We All Eat: Neighbors Feeding Neighbors
Special Event: Share Awesome
#88: Roadkill Gallery
#87: Orchestra Park

2018

#86: Challenge Course for Challenged Lives
#85: Crickets to Betsy! A Farm for Fun and Bugs
#84: Operation Troop Appreciation – Veterans Holiday Party
#83: SoftSpot
#82: Look Who’s Here! Carpool Karaoke Edition
Special Award: Busnegie Museum of Art
#81: Giant Puppet Dance Party
#80: I Shine Beauty Academy
#79: Marshmallow
#78: Stories that Heal
#77: Jumping Jack Theater
#76: ReMasterpieces
#75: Shit Show, Flush It

2017

#74: Never Fear Being Different
#73: girlFx presents: Tea Time
#72: White Oak EMS Search and Rescue K9 Team
#71: YNGBLKPGH
#70: Patina: The Art of Aging
#69: Trash Bubbles
#68: TEDxYouth Blue Slide Park
#67: Free Art PGH
#66: Allentown: Then and Now
#65: Spare Change
#64: Kenny’s

2016

#63: Global Minds
#62: Hope Night
#61: Girls Write Pittsburgh
#60: Hops on Lots
#59: Boys Build
#58: Project Ignite
#57: Community-Sourced Mixtape Project
#56: John Riegert
#55: Traveling Accessible Playground
#54: Street Side Karaoke
#53: Doors Open Pittsburgh
#52: The Long Song
#51: The Family Farm

2015

2014

2013

2012

#14: Juice Up 412
#13: Healcrest Urban Farm
#12: Urban Stitches
#11: Zip Pitt
#10: The Caldwell Project
#9: Smiles for Hilltop
#8: The First Bytes Society
#7: Pittsburgh Light Disco
#6: Exquisite Machine
#5: Dickson Elementary Outdoor Art Garden
#4: Community Steps Cooperative
#3: Art Barge now called The Drift

2011

#2: Pop-Up Co-Op, launched as the Morningside Pop-Up Market
#1: The Puppet Photo Booth

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