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Table 3.11: Key aspects of Detroit’s SOUP and Awesome Foundation chapter<br />

Group Resourcing Format Entry Use for assets<br />

SOUP<br />

(founded in 2010)<br />

• Mostly<br />

volunteer efforts<br />

• Food paid by<br />

bar receipts and<br />

given pro bono<br />

• Venue given<br />

freely<br />

• Restaurants and<br />

attendees often<br />

bring food to<br />

share<br />

• Four individuals<br />

get 4-5 minutes to<br />

present their ideas<br />

to diners<br />

• Informal meal<br />

• Attendees then<br />

discuss, ask<br />

questions, and vote<br />

• Winner receives<br />

night’s pool, which<br />

is funded by the<br />

$5 entry fee (times<br />

250, the typical<br />

attendance)<br />

• Anyone can apply to enter<br />

• Must say how proposed<br />

project would affect<br />

Detroit<br />

• List of four is drawn up by<br />

organizer and colleagues<br />

— which may include<br />

recommending that some<br />

do more work on their<br />

pitch and come back<br />

• Winners have<br />

included a park<br />

clean-up day<br />

for schoolchildren,<br />

and a<br />

community-run<br />

radio station<br />

Awesome<br />

(chapter founded in<br />

mid-2011)<br />

• All volunteer<br />

• Small groups of<br />

people<br />

• Typically, a<br />

contribution might<br />

see ten people each<br />

giving $100 a month<br />

— making a pooled<br />

grant of $1,000<br />

• Anyone can apply and the<br />

form is easy to complete<br />

• Winners need to be ones<br />

of a sufficient scale that<br />

$1,000 will help them (so<br />

not too big or too small)<br />

• Idea should also be one<br />

that grabs attention<br />

• Award should be<br />

usable immediately or<br />

imminently<br />

• Focus is not<br />

explicitly on<br />

assets, but in<br />

DC, community<br />

wi-fi and pop-up<br />

contemporary art<br />

venues have been<br />

funded<br />

105 | The New Barn-Raising

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