Hustler's MicroGrant
HerSuiteSpot / Deja Vu Parker of WBLS / Yva Jourdan Foundation
$1,000 (monthly)
Monthly $1,000 microgrant for U.S. small business owners; $15 administrative fee.
Hustler's MicroGrant awards a $1,000 grant each month to small business owners across the United States. Created by Deja Vu Parker of WBLS in partnership with HerSuiteSpot and the Yva Jourdan Foundation, the program is designed to help close the early-stage capital gap for founders building without traditional financing. Applications open monthly and finalists are selected based on vision, impact, and how the funding will move the business forward. A non-refundable $15 administrative fee is required to apply.
- Funding type
- Grant
- Level
- Private
- Amount
- $1,000
- Realistic amount
- $1,000 (one winner per month)
- Deadline
- Applications open monthly; no fixed deadline
- Status
- active
- States
- Nationwide
Who qualifies
- Small business owners across the United States
- Business must be building, growing, or stabilizing
- Applicant must have a clear plan for how the grant will accelerate the business
Who is not eligible
- Businesses located outside the United States
- Applicants without a U.S. small business
- Pre-idea applicants with no business concept
What the Hustler's MicroGrant application asks
The Hustler's MicroGrant application asks two written questions, alongside your contact and business details. The entry fee is $15. Entries close monthly, and you submit on the funder’s own form at hersuitespot.com. These are the questions as they appear on the form:
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Tell us about your business.
Form limit: 250 characters
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How will you use the money if awarded a grant?
Form limit: 250 characters
What the judges look for
- Vision
- Impact
- How the funding moves the business forward
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How to answer the Hustler’s MicroGrant application questions (with examples)
The Hustler’s MicroGrant form on HerSuiteSpot’s site is one long page of contact and business details with two required writing boxes. Each stops at 250 characters, about 40 words, with a counter underneath. HerSuiteSpot says finalists are chosen “based on vision, impact, and how the funding will move their business forward,” so the first box carries vision and impact, and the second carries the money.
Two similar grants. Deja Vu Parker of WBLS created this one with HerSuiteSpot and the Yva Jourdan Foundation. HerSuiteSpot’s HerRise MicroGrant asks the same money question in 250 characters, with a different first box. The Hustle Grant is a separate $1,000 monthly grant for women-owned businesses, with no length limit.
Question 1: “Tell us about your business.”
The program page invites businesses that are “building, growing, or stabilizing.” In 250 characters, a strong answer does four things:
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Says what you sell, to whom and where, in the first sentence.
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Gives one number that proves it is real. Customers, months trading, orders. Pre‑revenue? Use a waitlist or a pilot.
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Ends on where it is headed and who gains: a hire, a neighborhood, a group of customers.
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Drops the adjectives. “Passionate” and “innovative” use up characters and prove nothing.
“I run a low-water mobile car-detailing service in Newark, NJ, for homes and offices. In two years I’ve built 140 repeat clients. Next: two fleet contracts I’ve been offered, and my first hire, a detailer from my block.”
Why it works: a reader can picture the business, sees proof people pay for it, and ends on offered work and a local job, the vision and impact the program selects on.
Question 2: “How will you use the money if awarded a grant?”
The hint inside this box reads “Be specific about your plans if you won the grant.” Past winners quoted on HerSuiteSpot’s winner page each name one thing the $1,000 award pays for and what it changes:
- “…the initial payment of our worker’s compensation insurance for our 1st set of employees.”Koast Kombucha
- “…a new teacher and a larger location will allow us to accommodate more students…”Hood Hibachi
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Lead with what the money moves forward. The job, order or hire you can’t take on today.
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Then the price tag. One or two purchases, $1,000 or less in total.
“Two fleet contracts I’ve been offered need about 40 vans cleaned a month. $1,000 covers what that takes: a $720 commercial steam cleaner and a year of fleet booking software ($280). Then I can hire my first detailer.”
Why it works: it opens on paying work, $720 plus $280 is exactly the award, and it names the same contracts and hire as the first answer, so both boxes tell one story.
Make it concrete: “Equipment and marketing to help grow my business” names nothing a reader can picture. Name the item and its price.
The rest of the form: have these ready
Draft both answers in a notes app that counts characters. Text pasted past 250 is cut off, so read the end of each box before you submit.
| Field | What to know |
|---|---|
| Logo and headshot required | Both are file uploads. No logo yet? Make a simple one with your business name first. |
| Website or social account required | The label reads “Business Website or Social Media Account,” so an active business page counts. |
| Mailing address required | The form says it “will only be used to send checks to recipients.” Use an address where mail reaches you. |
| Application fee required | $15, nonrefundable, paid by card at the bottom of the same form after you tick a consent box. |
The form also asks your title, phone, gender, race, business name and industry, and how you heard about the grant. Your age and revenue range are optional.
What HerSuiteSpot itself says
- One winner a month. The FAQ shown after you submit sets the deadline at “11:59 pm Eastern Time on the last day of each month.” Later entries count toward the next month.
- Only winners hear back. “Due to the overwhelming response, only selected entrepreneurs receiving grants will be notified.” Winners are named on the Deja Vu Show’s “Hustler’s Tips” segment and emailed. Keep a copy of your answers.
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What it covers
Eligible expenses
- Marketing
- Equipment
- Inventory
- Operations
- Working capital
- Other business needs
Ineligible expenses
- Personal expenses unrelated to the business
How to apply
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Complete the Hustler's MicroGrant application
Provide your full name, title, phone, email, business name, logo, website or social media account, revenue range, business description, and how you will use the money. Upload a headshot.
~30 min
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Pay the $15 administrative fee
Submit the non-refundable $15 administrative fee via secure checkout.
~5 min
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Await selection
Only selected grant recipients are notified due to high application volume.
The application asks for a headshot and social presence, so have a simple business website or active social media account ready. Be specific about the impact of $1,000 on your business.
Deadline & timing
Applications open monthly. Only selected grant recipients are notified due to high volume.
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Required documents
- Full name and contact information
- Business name and logo
- Business website or social media account
- Headshot
- Business revenue range
- Description of business and use of funds
- $15 application fee payment
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