CFDA#
97.008
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Funder Type
Federal Government
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IT Classification
A - Primarily intended to fund technology
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Authority
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Summary
The NSGP provides funding support for target hardening and other physical security enhancements to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of a terrorist attack. The program seeks to integrate the preparedness activities of nonprofit organizations with broader state and local preparedness efforts. The NSGP also serves to promote emergency preparedness coordination and collaboration activities between public and private community representatives as well as state and local government agencies.
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.
The objective of the NSGP is to provide funding for physical and cybersecurity enhancements and other security-related activities to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of a terrorist or other extremist attack within the period of performance.
Given the evolving threat landscape, it is incumbent upon DHS/FEMA to continuously evaluate the national risk profile and set priorities that help ensure appropriate allocation of scarce security dollars. In assessing the national risk profile, one area attracts the most concern:
- 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 priorities that help recipients implement a comprehensive approach to securing communities:
- Effective planning;
- Training and awareness campaigns; and
- Exercises
Allowable NSGP costs include:
- Planning
- Operational coordination
- Public information and warning
- Intelligence and Information Sharing
- Interdiction and disruption
- Screening, search, and detection
- Access control and identity verification
- Physical protective measures
- Risk management for protection programs and activities
- Cybersecurity
- Long-term vulnerability reduction
- Situational assessment
- Infrastructure systems
A key change of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program - National Security Supplemental:
Additional Review Points will be awarded.
- By a factor of four for nonprofit organizations facing heightened threat resulting from the Israel-Hamas war(subapplicants must draw a clear connection between the heightened threat they face and the Israel-Hamas war in their project narratives to qualify for this multiplier);
- By a factor of three for ideology-based/spiritual/religious entities (e.g., houses of worship, ideology-based/spiritual/religious educational institutions, ideology-based/spiritual/religious medical facilities);
- By a factor of two for secular educational and medical institutions; and
- By a factor of one for all other nonprofit organizations.
History of Funding
The FY21 allocation for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program was $90,000,000.
The FY22 allocation for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program was $250,000,000. A list of state and Urban Area funding can be found here: https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_information-bulletin-476-fy222-award-announcement-gpd.pdf
The FY23 allocation for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program was $305,000,000. A list of state and Urban Area funding can be found starting on page 10 here: https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_grants_ib-490_fy23-award-announcement-preparedness-grants.pdf
The FY24 allocation for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program was $454,500,000. A list of state and Urban Area funding can be found starting on page 9 here: https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_gpd-fy24-preparedness-grants-ib.pdf
Additional Information
Unallowable Costs
The following projects and costs are considered ineligible for award consideration:
- Organization costs, and operational overtime costs;
- Hiring of public safety personnel;
- General-use expenditures;
- Overtime and backfill;
- Initiatives that do not address the implementation of programs/initiatives to build prevention and protection-focused capabilities directed at identified facilities and/or the surrounding communities;
- The development of risk/vulnerability assessment models;
- Initiatives that fund risk or vulnerability security assessments or the development of the IJ;
- Initiatives in which federal agencies are the beneficiary or that enhance federal property;
- Initiatives which study technology development;
- Proof-of-concept initiatives;
- Initiatives that duplicate capabilities being provided by the Federal Government;
- Organizational operating expenses;
- Reimbursement of pre-award security expenses (see Section D.12.b);
- Cameras for license plate readers/license plate reader software;
- Cameras for facial recognition software;
- Weapons or weapons-related training; and
- Knox boxes.
Effective August 13, 2020, FEMA recipients and subrecipients may not use any FEMA funds under open or new awards to:
- Procure or obtain any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology of any system;
- Enter into, extend, or renew a contract to procure or obtain any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology of any system; or
- Enter into, extend, or renew contracts with entities that use covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system
Important Changes to Procurement Standards in 2 C.F.R. Part 200
On April 22, 2024, OMB updated various parts of Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, among them the procurement standards. These revisions apply to all FEMA awards with a federal award date or disaster declaration date on or after October 1, 2024, unless specified otherwise. The changes include updates to the federal procurement standards, which govern how FEMA award recipients and subrecipients must purchase under a FEMA award. More information on OMB's revisions to the federal procurement standards can be found in Purchasing Under a FEMA Award: 2024 OMB Revisions Fact Sheet
Eligibility Details
Awards are made to State Administrative Agencies (SAAs). The SAA must pass through 100% of NSGP allocations to eligible nonprofit organizations.
Eligible nonprofit organizations must be: (1) Designated as a 501(c)3 agency; and (2) Determined to be at high risk of a terrorist attack by the Secretary of DHS. Applicants to NSGP-UA must also be located within one of the FY2024 UASI-designated Urban Areas.
Eligible nonprofit organizations may also apply through the SAA as a group of sub-applicants, or a consortium. A consortium application is an opportunity for a nonprofit organization to act as a lead and apply for funding on behalf of itself and any number of other participating NSGP-NSS eligible nonprofit organizations. All nonprofit organizations in the consortium application must be compliant with the NSGP-NSS eligibility requirements. Nonprofit organizations may not apply both individually and as part of a consortium.
Deadline Details
SAA's are to apply to FEMA on behalf of state and local agencies by January 24, 2025.
Award Details
Up to $210,000,000 is available in total funding for (National Security Supplemental) FY2024. Of that amount, funding will be split across two applicant groups:
- NSGP-Urban Areas: Up to $105,000,000 will be available for applicants located in a designated Urban Area by DHS. Individual awards may be up to $200,000. A list of eligible urban areas is available to view on page 11 of the 2024 Program Guidance.
- NSGP-State: Up to $105,000,000 will be available for applicants not located in a designated Urban Area by DHS. Individual awards may be up to $200,000. A list of target allocations for each state is available to view on page 12 of the 2024 Program Guidance.
Total funding available for consortium applications is limited to 25% of the NSGP-NSS award allocation, or $52.5 million.
- $26.25 million is available for consortium subapplicants in NSGP-NSS-S.
- $26.25 million is available for consortium subapplicants in NSGP-NSS-UA.
Consortium may apply through the SAA for an award totaling $1 million. The $200,000 per site maximum still applies for each individual nonprofit organization within the consortium.
Cost sharing/matching is not required. Project periods will extend up to 36-months, starting May 1, 2025.
NOTE: Nonprofit organizations may not apply to FEMA directly
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