Micro-Grants to Empower Women Entrepreneurs

The RestorHER x Worth Pursuing Inc. Micro-Grant Initiative is a collaborative micro-funding program created to support women entrepreneurs and business leaders throughout the United States. The initiative is jointly managed by RestorHER and Worth Pursuing Inc., both organizations focused on empowering women to achieve sustainable professional and personal growth. The fund recognizes that entrepreneurship is not solely about profit but about fostering resilience, emotional intelligence, and well-being while building sustainable business models that serve communities. The program’s purpose is to provide micro-grants ranging from two hundred fifty to five hundred dollars to women-owned small businesses seeking to overcome operational challenges, strengthen leadership capacity, or pursue key growth opportunities. Grant recipients may use the funds for activities aligned with their proposals, such as marketing initiatives, capacity building, or personal development costs that directly enhance business performance. The program emphasizes the importance of using funds in ways that reinforce both business sustainability and the entrepreneur’s well-being. The initiative aims to build resilience among women business leaders by promoting healthy work-life balance and the integration of wellness practices into everyday operations. Grantees receive access to tailored business development resources, including a complimentary one-on-one coaching session with Cheya Thousand, focusing on leadership growth and emotional intelligence. Recipients also gain access to a digital toolkit that includes exercises on self-awareness, resilience, and productivity, as well as a wellness care package and structured goal-setting workbook to guide their progress. Eligibility for the grant requires that applicants be U.S. residents at least twenty-one years old who own and lead a for-profit business with ten or fewer employees. The business must have generated revenue for at least one year and earned less than one hundred thousand dollars in annual revenue during the previous fiscal year. Applicants must be the founder or chief executive of the company, ensuring that funding supports primary decision-makers directly responsible for business direction and development. Applications for the 2025 cycle open on October first and close on October thirty-first, with awards typically issued shortly thereafter. The program operates on an annual basis, with new cycles expected to follow a similar fall timeline each year. Application materials are submitted through the official program website, and recipients are selected based on alignment with the initiative’s goals of empowerment, resilience, and sustainable impact. The program’s timeline encourages early preparation to allow applicants to craft thoughtful proposals that reflect both business strategy and personal leadership growth.

Proposals should integrate well-being, resilience, and intentional leadership themes.