Deadline: 24-Jan-2025
The Nonprofit Security Grant Program – National Security Supplemental (NSGP-NSS) supplements one of three grant programs that support the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) focus on enhancing the ability of state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, as well as nonprofit organizations, to prevent, protect against, prepare for, and respond to terrorist or other extremist attacks.
Goal
- The NSGP-NSS will improve and increase the physical/cyber security and facility/target hardening of nonprofit organizations’ facilities at risk of a terrorist of other extremist attack, ultimately safeguarding the lives and property of the American people.
- All NSGP-NSS activities must be linked to enhancing the security and safety at the physical site of the nonprofit organization.
- Concurrently, the NSGP-NSS will integrate the preparedness activities of nonprofit organizations that are at risk of a terrorist or other extremist attack with broader state and local preparedness efforts.
Objectives
- The objective of the NSGP-NSS is to provide funding for physical and cybersecurity enhancements and other security-related activities to nonprofit organizations that are at risk of a terrorist or other extremist attack within the period of performance.
- The NSGP-NSS also seeks to integrate the preparedness activities of nonprofit organizations with broader state and local preparedness efforts. Lastly, via funding spent on Planning, Organizational, Equipment, Training, and Exercises (POETE) towards enhancing the protection of soft targets and crowded places, the NSGP-NSS seeks to address and close capability gaps identified in individual nonprofit organization Vulnerability Assessments.
Priorities
- Given the evolving threat landscape, DHS/FEMA has evaluated the national risk profile and set priorities that help ensure appropriate allocation of scarce security dollars. In assessing the national risk profile, one area warrants the most concern under the NSGP-NSS:
- Enhancing the protection of soft targets/crowded places.
- Likewise, there are several enduring security needs that crosscut the homeland security enterprise. The following are second-tier priority areas that help recipients implement a comprehensive approach to securing communities:
- Effective planning;
- Training and awareness campaigns; and
- Exercises.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $ 210,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $210,000,000
Period of Performance
- Start Date: 1 May 2025
- End Date: 30 April 2028
Eligibility Criteria
- The SAA is the only eligible applicant to apply for funding to FEMA. Nonprofit organizations and consortia of nonprofit organizations are eligible as sub applicants to the SAA. As such, nonprofit organizations and consortia of nonprofit organizations must apply for NSGP-NSS through their SAA, who then submits application information to FEMA.
- The SAA is the only eligible applicant.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
