The requirements for receiving a Moniheli Grant and Microgrant-specific Terms and Conditions can be found here.
💡Pro-tip!: In the form, many of the response fields have a limited number of characters. Prepare your longer answers using a character count calculator, such as this.
NOTE! The use of the grant is reported to Moniheli either with a cost-centre income statement (traditional accounting) or with the accounting tool provided by Moniheli (requires the use of Excel).
According to the Associations Act, an association must have an auditor. The auditor is elected by the association's general assembly. The auditor reviews the previous year's activities and finances and ensures that the association operates in accordance with the Associations Act and its own rules. The auditor writes a report, and only on the basis of this report can the previous year's board be released from its responsibilities.Ensure that your association elects an auditor at its next general assembly, preferably this spring but no later than autumn 2026. We will send you further information and instructions on this.
What will be done? Write a summary of the event (max. 800 characters).
The target group consists of individuals or stakeholders participating in the event. Microgrants are primarily intended for migrants in difficult life situations and their communities.
People in difficult life situations are individuals who face multiple challenges in their lives at once and need additional support. This could include, for example, someone who is experiencing loneliness, has mental health challenges, is unable to find employment, has a difficult family situation, or has recently moved to a new country and needs support in daily life matters.
Target groups may include, for example:👩👧👦 Migrant single mothers,👴🏽 volunteers who help newcomers learn Finnish,👷♀️ long-term unemployed migrants,
...and so on.
When planning activities, it is helpful to distinguish the people involved according to their roles.
As this grant is small, a maximum of two target groups can be defined. For a small event, one target group is usually sufficient. Event organisers or employees are typically not included in the target group.
How to define a target groupWhen defining your target group, consider:
The characteristics of the target group may include:
Only apply for as much funding as is needed for the event. Funding may only be used for actual expenses. All expenses must be documented with receipts and proof of payment.
The association cannot keep any unused funding. All unused funding must be returned to Moniheli.
📌 The maximum amount that can be granted is 2 000€.
The maximum grant amount is 1 000€ for a one-off event or an event held twice, and 2 000€ for regular, longer-term events.
📌 Please only enter here the expenses that are covered by the Moniheli Grant. If you plan to use your association's own funds in addition to the grant, please exclude their share.
📌 Moniheli has the right to grant a smaller grant than requested if the budget is not considered appropriate in relation to the description of the event or activity.
📌 Break down project costs by category. Calculate amounts carefully - check product prices online, make requests for quotations, calculate salary costs carefully and find out about possible nonprofit discounts (e.g. Zoom licences).
📌 Break down expenses by activity as well.
📌 The grant cannot cover the purchase of equipment (computers, cameras...) or the rental of the association's own premises.
📌 Remember that every expense must be accompanied by a receipt. Do not enter expenses for which no documents (receipt + bank statement) will be available.
General activity costs come from what is needed to carry out the activity, regardless of the number of participants or the number of activities.
For example, a telephone connection or software may be needed to carry out the activity. Remember, however, that you cannot use the grant to buy a phone or computer.
Activity costs per participant depend on the number of participants. For example, catering for events, materials, travel costs for participants or gifts from volunteers.
NOTE! Gift vouchers as gifts for volunteers are limited to 20€/volunteer. The gift card must not be a general gift card (e.g. a Finnkino movie ticket is OK, an S-Market gift card is not).
If the event requires space, for example, for a guidance session or an event, the grant can cover a reasonable rental fee. You can find a list of event spaces for rent in the Greater Helsinki area here.
We prefer public or facilities in use through cooperation. The rent of the premises covered by the grant must be related to the project. The rent of the association's current premises cannot be covered by this grant.
If your project involves tasks that require specific skills, you can buy services for it. For example, facilitating events or training sessions, conducting a live stream, creating the layout of a publication...
Only add services that you pay for with a bill to this section. Work fees (työkorvaus, palkkio) go in a separate section.
The association may not re-delegate the grant to another association, i.e. it may not purchase the implementation of the event from another association or company. Minor outsourcing is possible, but should always be consulted in advance with Moniheli.
Salary is based on employment. In this case, the association acts as the employer and pays the employee's pension contributions and various insurance costs. The association must also arrange occupational health care.
Work must be compensated with wages if the person works regularly and under the employer's supervision.
Decide on the gross hourly rate and estimate the activity's work output in hours. Then estimate the total salary costs. with the Elo salary costs calculator: add the gross hourly wage and the number of hours during the project to the calculator. Press the Calculate button and scroll down. Calculator value "The employer pays" indicates total salary costs; use it in this form.
Use one row per person and enter the calculations (hourly pay and number of hours) in the explanation section. At the end, enter each person's duties in the text field.
Salary must be paid through palkka.fi (free, but only available in Finnish or Swedish) or palkkaus.fi (not free, but available in English). We recommend using palkkaus.fi, as the service provides a single invoice that easily shows the total cost of the job.
Work deliverables can be purchased as a service for a fee. In this case, no employment relationship is created and the person does not receive insurance or occupational pension benefits for his or her work. In any case, a written contract must be concluded for the work compensation.
Work fees are paid for example for hosting events, giving a talk or presentation, or interpreting if the employee is unable to bill for it themselves (they do not have their own business or use a small business service such as Ukko.fi).
If the work is done on a regular basis (e.g. project coordinator over 4 months, hourly work for a certain amount of time per month) then work fees cannot be used and must be replaced by a salary.
The Moniheli grant can cover administrative costs such as bank charges, accounting costs or payroll costs (e.g. Palkkaus.fi). These costs may not exceed 7% of the amount requested.
❗️By submitting your application, you agree to comply with the rules for the use of grants awarded by STEA and Moniheli. Breaching these rules may result in Moniheli reclaiming the grant and not awarding any further grants in the future.
❗️Data collection and reporting to Moniheli: Number of events, total number of participants, and number of encounters in group activities.
❗️Financial reporting: Financial reporting requirements and options are determined in accordance with the instructions in the signed contract.
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