Awesome Newcastle

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.

On Saturday we were thrilled to see two Awesome Newcastle winners at the official launch of the Good News Hunter which i...
15/06/2026

On Saturday we were thrilled to see two Awesome Newcastle winners at the official launch of the Good News Hunter which is also an Awesome Newcastle winner! 🤩🤩 Awesomeness is spreading and YOU could be the next recipient! Apply for Awesome Newcastle via our website, and you could win $1000 no strings attached cash!

On Wednesday we celebrated another amazing Awesome Newcastle at The Young Street Hotel! Read the blog to learn more abou...
07/06/2026

On Wednesday we celebrated another amazing Awesome Newcastle at The Young Street Hotel! Read the blog to learn more about our amazing finalists, Kacie Brooks of Awesome Human, Emily Connell of Oh My Folklore and Ricky Pass with his film idea. Head to the link in our bio to find out who won the no-strings attached cash!

On Wednesday we celebrated another amazing Awesome Newcastle at The Young Street Hotel! Read the blog to learn more abou...
07/06/2026

On Wednesday we celebrated another amazing Awesome Newcastle at The Young Street Hotel! Read the blog to learn more about our amazing finalists, Kacie Brooks of Awesome Human Emily Connell of Oh My Folklore and Ricky Pass with his film idea. Click to find out who won the no-strings attached cash!

On Wednesday night we were back in business for another Awesome Newcastle at the Young Street Hotel. We gathered in their cozy pool room to give away another $1000 no-strings attached cash. We welcomed several guest board members including Ennia Jones from Splash of Colour Swimming, Ennia was a prev...

Awesome Newcastle June is coming up soon, so let all this gloomy weather encourage some bright ideas. You could win $100...
24/05/2026

Awesome Newcastle June is coming up soon, so let all this gloomy weather encourage some bright ideas. You could win $1000 no-strings-attached cash. Apply via our website or the link in our bio. Remember to keep your application short, sharp and to the point! 💡💡💡

Recently we celebrated another amazing Awesome Newcastle at the Young Street Hotel! Read the blog to learn about our fan...
17/05/2026

Recently we celebrated another amazing Awesome Newcastle at the Young Street Hotel! Read the blog to learn about our fantastic finalists this month: Jess Butler with Newy Food Adventures, Laura Swadling with Swadling Fitness and Toobah Choudhari with Hunter CLC podcast. Head to the website to find out who took home the no-strings-attached cash!

We'll see you again soon for Awesome June!

Recently we celebrated another amazing Awesome Newcastle at the Young Street Hotel! Read the blog to learn about our fan...
17/05/2026

Recently we celebrated another amazing Awesome Newcastle at the Young Street Hotel! Read the blog to learn about our fantastic finalists this month: Jess Butler with Newy Food Adventures Laura Swadling with Swadling Fitness and Toobah Choudhari with Hunter CLC podcast. Click to find out who took home the no-strings-attached cash!

We'll see you again soon for Awesome June!

Last week we were back at the Young Street Hotel again for another Awesome Newcastle! We welcomed returning guest board member James Barr, Josh Lawlor and James White and first time guest board members Jane Blakeney and Jo Crosbie. Our finalists this month were Jess Butler with Newy Food Adventures,...

Apply for Awesome Newcastle and get on that gravy train! Tell us your good idea and you could win $1,000 in May! Apply ...
20/04/2026

Apply for Awesome Newcastle and get on that gravy train! Tell us your good idea and you could win $1,000 in May! Apply via our website or the link in our bio! 💰💰💰

Last week we had an amazing Awesome April at The Young Street Hotel. Read our blog post to learn more about our finalist...
08/04/2026

Last week we had an amazing Awesome April at The Young Street Hotel. Read our blog post to learn more about our finalists: The Good News Hunter, Newcastle Toy Run and Common Ground. Head to our website to find out who took home the $1000 no-strings-attached-cash. Congratulations everyone, and we shall see you next month for another Awesome Newcastle!

Last week we had another wonderful Awesome April at The Young Street Hotel. Read our blog post to learn more about our f...
08/04/2026

Last week we had another wonderful Awesome April at The Young Street Hotel. Read our blog post to learn more about our finalists: The Good News Hunter Newcastle Toy Run and Common Ground. Click to find out who took home the $1000 no-strings-attached-cash.

Last week Awesome Newcastle was back for another no-strings-attached cash give away at the wonderful Young Street Hotel in Carrington. We welcomed returning guest board member Lisbeth Pena. Michelle Faithfull joined us for the first time as a board member, but years ago she was also an Awesome Newca...

Apply for Awesome Newcastle and float your good ideas! Applications for April close soon, head to the website and show u...
22/03/2026

Apply for Awesome Newcastle and float your good ideas! Applications for April close soon, head to the website and show us what ya got! You could take home $1000 no-strings-attached cash!
Apply here: www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/newcastle/

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132 Young Street
Newcastle, NSW
2294

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