A starter micro-grant
Seed money to get moving, for materials, hosting, tools, whatever your project actually needs to start.
Get involved · Build with NHA
Got an idea? Build it with us.
A tool, a campaign, a study, a piece of work that could help young people, and no idea how to start it alone. Bring it to NHA. If it's a fit, we back it: a starter micro-grant, help raising more, a mentor, and a launch on our site, the way A(rDx)HD and Dear Future Me began.
How it works
From idea to launched.
A simple path. You keep ownership of what you make, we help you get it out into the world.
Step 01
Pitch your idea
Tell us what you want to build and the need it meets. No polished plan required.
Step 02
We review together
We look for a real need and a workable first step, then talk it through with you.
Step 03
You get backed
Accepted projects get a starter micro-grant, a mentor, fundraising help, and a launch slot.
Step 04
Build & launch
You build it with support, and we help you ship, promote, and grow it.
What you get
We back you the whole way.
Help raising more
We help you go after grants and sponsors and tap NHA's network so a good idea isn't capped by a small budget.
A mentor who's shipped
Someone who has built and launched real work, in your corner as you go.
A launch on NHA
Your project featured on our site and channels, in front of the people it's meant to reach, the same stage A(rDx)HD and Dear Future Me got.
A real org behind you
A registered 501(c)(3) and a team that wants you to succeed, plus verified service hours for the work.
It stays yours
You keep ownership of what you create. We're here to launch it with you. You stay in charge.
What you can build
What you could build.
Not sure which? Pick the closest, we'll figure out the details together.
An advocacy or awareness push
In the spirit of STOP-Cyberbullying and Dear Future Me: a movement that changes how people think or act.
An app, screener, or resource
Something people use, like Scoreless, A(rDx)HD, or OpenConforma. Free, accessible, actually helpful.
A mentored study
Open, student-driven research on mental health or neurodivergence, with a mentor to guide it.
Art, film, writing, media
Work that makes people feel seen and gets a real audience.
A program for a group or place
Something that serves a specific community, a school, a neighborhood, a group that's being missed.
Already see what NHA has launched?
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Apply
Pitch your project.
Rough ideas welcome, we'd rather see honest and early than polished and vague. We review applications on a rolling basis and reply within about two weeks.
What we look for
A real need, a workable first step, and you, someone who'll see it through. No experience or credentials required.
Got an idea?
Pitch your project
Rough is fine. You can save a draft and finish anytime.
You'll sign in first, so you can track it.