Service Works micro-grants

Josh Greene wants to help you make art. Once a month his Service Works foundation offers grants based on the amount of money he has made in tips on one night at his job as a waiter (usually between $200-$300). Anyone is welcome to apply, though he says he is "most interested in funding small projects that may involve exchange, interaction, story telling and problem solving."

His site lists the previously funded projects, not only describing what happened, but also his evening spent earning the tips.

The $256 project, in which a speech was written for Bush by grade school children and then read by an impersonator and the $450 project, in which a retroactive insurance policy is created for a person made homeless by hurricane Katrina, are great examples of how well this money is used.