The Hustle Grant
The Hustle Grant
$1,000 (monthly)
$1,000 monthly micro-grant for U.S. women-owned businesses; short application; no revenue minimum.
The Hustle Grant awards $1,000 monthly micro-grants to U.S.-based women-owned businesses. The application is intentionally short, and winners are announced via the program's newsletter. There is no published revenue minimum or business-stage requirement beyond being 50% women-owned and operating in the United States.
- Funding type
- Grant
- Level
- Private
- Amount range
- $1,000 – $1,000
- Realistic amount
- $1,000 fixed monthly award
- Deadline
- Rolling monthly — next winner announced October 15, 2026
- Status
- active
- States
- Nationwide
Who qualifies
- Woman 18 years or older
- Business is 50% women-owned
- Business operates in the United States
- All types of women-owned businesses are eligible
Who is not eligible
- Businesses not at least 50% women-owned
- Non-US businesses
What The Hustle Grant application asks
The Hustle Grant 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 thehustlegrant.com. These are the questions as they appear on the form:
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Tell us about your business or business idea…
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Tell us what you would do with the money if awarded a grant…
What the judges look for
- Your story: passion, business skills and vision
- How you'll grow or start the business
- Exactly where the $1,000 goes
GrantCompass drafts The Hustle Grant application from your own answers. You answer five short questions about your business and we write both answers around what the judges look for, to fit the form. We use only what you tell us: nothing is invented, and anything a stronger answer needs is left as a marked blank for you to fill. The preview is free with no card. The full draft is $9, refunded in full within 7 days if it doesn’t make your application stronger. You review it and submit it yourself; GrantCompass is independent and not affiliated with The Hustle Grant. Start a free draft on this page (grantcompass.co/grants/the-hustle-grant), or read how the drafting works.
What it covers
Eligible expenses
- General business expenses
- Marketing and customer acquisition
- Technology or software
- Inventory or supplies
- Professional development
Ineligible expenses
- Personal expenses
- Activities unrelated to the business
How to apply
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Confirm eligibility
Confirm the business is 50% women-owned and based in the United States.
~0.25 hrs
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Complete the short application
Fill out the brief online form on thehustlegrant.com describing yourself and your business.
~0.5 hrs
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Submit and wait for the monthly announcement
Submit once. Winners are announced via the program newsletter; the next winner will be announced on October 15, 2026.
~0.25 hrs
Because the application is short and the fee is only $15, the pool is large — lead with a specific, memorable use-of-funds sentence rather than a general mission statement.
Deadline & timing
No fixed application deadline; one application is considered for ongoing monthly rounds. The next winner announcement is October 15, 2026.
Applications are open — don’t lose the window
GrantCompass tracks The Hustle Grant’s application windows in the live catalog. Leave an email and we’ll warn you before this window closes — and tell you when the next round opens.
Free. One email when the window moves, deadline warnings on your watchlist, and the monthly closing-soon digest. Unsubscribe anytime.
Required documents
- Short business and founder description (no formal documents required)
The Hustle Grant compared with 11 other microgrants women founders apply to
Business Freedom Grant, Coach K Legacy Grant, Galaxy Grant and IFundWomen grants cost $0 to enter. Amber Grant, HerRise MicroGrant, Hey Helen Grant, SecretSoS Grant, The Hustle Grant and YippityDoo Big Idea Grant each charge $15, Freed Fellowship charges $19 and Women Founders Grant charges $25 per entry. Amber Grant and Hey Helen Grant pay the largest monthly award, $10,000; Coach K Legacy Grant is the only monthly award in this table with no entry fee.
| Program | Award | Entry fee | Cadence | Next close | Who it is for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach K Legacy Grant · review | $1,000 | $0 | Monthly | Aspiring and existing business owners | |
| Amber Grant · review | $10,000 (3 a month) + $50,000 year-end | $15 | Monthly | Women-owned businesses, US and Canada | |
| Freed Fellowship · review | $500 + $2,500 year-end | $19 | Monthly | Any US small business; women encouraged | |
| Galaxy Grant · review | $2,500 | $0 | About quarterly | Women and minority business owners | |
| HerRise MicroGrant · review | $1,000 | $15 | Monthly | Women-owned, under $1M revenue | |
| Hey Helen Grant | $10,000 | $15 | Monthly | Women-owned, under $1M revenue | |
| Women Founders Grant · review | $5,000 | $25 | Rolling, posted deadlines | Women founders, any stage | |
| YippityDoo Big Idea Grant | $1,000 | $15 | Monthly | Women-owned, idea stage welcome | |
| Business Freedom Grant | $1,000 | $0 | Review rounds | Any founder, any stage | |
| SecretSoS Grant | $2,500 | $15 | Quarterly | Women/veteran/minority-owned or loan-denied, 21+ | |
| IFundWomen grants · review | $10,000–$25,000 (by sponsor) | $0 | Rolling | Rolling, by sponsor | Women-owned for-profit businesses |
| The Hustle Grant (this page) | $1,000 | $15 | Monthly | Monthly; cutoff by newsletter | Women-owned businesses and ideas |
Table updated October 11, 2026 from the GrantCompass catalog. Entry fees are verified against each funder’s published rules; confirm the date on the funder’s own page before you apply.
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