Enhearten Microgrant Application

Micro grant applications are reviewed two times a year. The application deadlines are March 15 and September 15. Before starting your application, please read about the Enhearten micro grant program here.

Policy regarding AI usage: Enhearten Unseen Leaders wants to hear from you in your own words and your own “voice.” We want to hear your heart for your project. We will use an AI detection tool if we suspect substantial usage of generative AI. Small amounts of AI usage are permitted.

Applicant Information

Name

The person listed here must be available for an interview if selected as a semifinalist.

First Name

Last Name

Nonprofit Organization

Is your nonprofit organization's total annual budget less than $50,000?

Enhearten Unseen Leaders primarily funds projects led by nonprofit organizations having total annual budget less than $50,000. Larger organizations will be considered on a case by case basis.

Our nonprofit organization's total annual budget is less than $50,000.

Our nonprofit organization's total annual budget is more than $50,000.

Website for Nonprofit Organization

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Email Address

Phone

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If Your Nonprofit is Not a U.S. Nonprofit:

Enhearten Unseen Leaders provides microgrant funding to U.S. nonprofits. If your nonprofit is not a U.S. nonprofit, please provide the name and website for a U.S. nonprofit with whom you partner that can receive microgrant funds for your project.

About The Project

Project Title

Please create a descriptive title for the specific project for which you are requesting funding.

Project Location

Please indicate the city, state, and/or country in which your project is located.

Is this a new project or a new component to an existing project?

We hope to fund projects that are either new to your work or represent a new component to an existing project. Enhearten does not fund ongoing operational costs. The micro grant award amount should be able to fund a specific and substantial part of your project or new component to an existing project.

New project

New component to existing project

Requested Funding

Please indicate a dollar amount between $500–$1,000. We do not provide funding for projects with large budgets compared to the microgrant amount.

Please tell us about yourself.

Write at least a paragraph to help us get to know you. (Maximum 500 words)

Please describe your project and your heart for this work.

Write at least two paragraphs to help us understand your project for which you are requesting Enhearten funding. What specific need does your project help to meet? Why is this important to you? Projects funded by Enhearten Unseen Leaders should be sustainable and/or have ongoing impact. (Maximum 500 words)

If your proposal is for a new component to an existing project, please describe the existing project and the new component.

Help us understand the specific new component that this microgrant would fund. Write one paragraph about the existing project. Then write one paragraph about the new component for which you are requesting funding. (If your proposal is for a completely new project, then you can skip this question.) (Maximum 500 words)

Please describe your vision for the impact of this project. Include how your project impacts unseen leaders or is led by unseen leaders.

Who will be impacted by this project? Approximately how many people? What do you hope will be the long-term impact? Write at least one paragraph. (Maximum 500 words)

Please describe how you will measure project success.

Be specific. What outcomes represent successful completion of the specific project for which you are requesting funding? Write at least one paragraph. (Maximum 500 words)

How would Enhearten funding help you to carry out your vision?

Write at least one paragraph to describe this. Describe briefly your funding structure. Have you received grant support from other organizations? How would Enhearten funding fit in? (Maximum 500 words)

Please provide an informal budget for usage of the micro grant funds.

Please include the following line items, with a brief description and a dollar amount (or N/A) for each. We are looking for details as to specifically how the micro grant funding would be used. Staff: __________ Materials: __________ Physical space: __________ Other: ____________ Administrative fees (if applicable): __________ Total dollar amount requested: __________ Total budget for the project: __________ (Note: The micro grant award amount should be able to fund a specific and substantial part of your project or new component to an existing project.)

Please provide a timeline for the project.

Include a start date at least three months after the application deadline. Include a projected date for completion of use of funds and a projected submission date for the project report. (Maximum 500 words)

How will your project lift up a community?

Your project might impact relational healing, socio-economic uplift, peacemaking, etc. Please write at least one paragraph. (Maximum 500 words)

How is your project inclusive?

Describe how your project welcomes, serves, learns from, and partners with a diverse group of people. Please write at least one paragraph. (Maximum 500 words)

Is there anything else that you want to share with us?

(Maximum 500 words)

How did you hear about Enhearten Unseen Leaders?

Professional References

Please ask two people (e.g., mentor, volunteer supervisor, employer, etc.) to serve as professional references for you. Both references should be outside of your family and external to your non-profit organization. We will contact at least one reference for each finalist. Please share a little with your references about your project so that they are ready for us to contact them.

Reference #1

First Name

Last Name

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Reference #1 Relationship to you

Reference #2

First Name

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Reference #2 Email

Reference #2 Phone

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Reference #2 Relationship to you