A new grant-making foundation has pledged to give away $1,000 a day this year to support individuals’ grassroots efforts to make the world a better place.

The project was the idea of 39-year-old Dallas-based real-estate developer and philanthropist Ariel Nessel, who found that, although he was regularly donating money to his favorite causes, he was still feeling unfulfilled.

“I was writing, say, 12 big checks a year, but that form of being generous didn’t leave me feeling nurtured inside,” Nessel told The Chronicle of Philanthropy. “I thought, instead of giving a few times a year, why not give every day, and right to the people who are doing the work?”

Nessel teamed up with his sister-in-law, Stephanie Klempner, to start The Pollination Project, which, on January 1 of this year, began giving away $1,000 seed grants daily. Nessel has pledged his own money to the effort, and the project has received a $25,000 donation from an anonymous family foundation.  The group works with a list of organizational partners and supporters and there is also a plan to launch a platform in which donors can sponsor individual projects.

The first award of the year went to filmmaker Leah Lamb, who created a series of short online environmental films meant to be shared through social media. Since then, grants have been given to a high school junior who founded an organization to bring artistic opportunities to underprivileged youth, a clinical psychologist who has created an organization to promote a positive body image and healthy eating in young women, and a young woman who is starting an after-school program in Haiti to teach English to community children.

According to the group’s website, the foundation is looking to fund individual changemakers dealing with issues such as environmental sustainability, justice, compassion towards all life, community health and wellness, social change-oriented arts and culture, and putting consciousness into action. Anyone can apply for one of the grants directly through the website. Applicants are encouraged to submit a short video about their project.

More information about The Pollination Project can be found here.