2026 'Empower' Grant

The Higher Hope Foundation’s ‘Empower’ Grant is a financial assistance grant intended to financially support nonprofits that directly impact victims of violent crime or missing person cases.

Examples of qualifying crimes include: homicide, attempted homicide, sexual assault, domestic violence, kidnapping, human trafficking, and missing person cases.

If your nonprofit relates to such crimes & traumatic events, please read our qualifications below and submit an application for funding.

Applicant Requirements:

• Must be able to provide proof of 501c3 status via EIN or UEI number
• Must be directly impacting victims of qualifying violent crime or missing person cases
• Must be able to submit project proposal details and budget estimates at the time of submitting the application

Please note, at this time we can only allocate up to $5,000 to an applicant or project. 

We may occasionally accept larger grant requests on a case-by-case basis. Grant amounts are ultimately at the discretion of the Higher Hope Foundation's grant team.