The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) provides funding support for target hardening and other physical security enhancements to nonprofit organizations that are at high-risk of terrorist attack.
Donor Name: Office of Grants and Research (OGR)
State: Massachusetts
City: Selected Cities
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 5/27/2022
Size of the Grant: $150,000
Details:
In Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, multiple funding allocations have been appropriated for nonprofit organizations regardless of whether they are located within the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) designated urban areas. As in previous fiscal years, the Nonprofit Security Grant Program – Urban Area (NSGP-UA) will be a competitive grant program that funds nonprofits located in UASI-designated urban areas. In Massachusetts, the UASI Metro Boston area is Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Quincy, Revere, Somerville, and Winthrop. Under the Nonprofit Security Grant Program – State (NSGP-S), each state will receive an allocation for nonprofit organizations located outside of the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI)-designated urban areas.
Funding Information
Each nonprofit organization located in the Metro Boston UASI region or State may apply for up to $150,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit organizations (as described under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) at high-risk of terrorist attacks.
- Criteria for determining eligible applicants who are at high-risk of terrorist attacks include, but are not limited to:
- Identification and substantiation (e.g. police reports or insurance claims) of prior threats or attacks (from within or outside the U.S.) by a terrorist organization, network, or cell against the applicant or closely related organizations;
- Symbolic value of the site(s) as a highly recognized national or historical institution that renders the site as a possible target of terrorism;
- Role of the applicant in responding to or recovering from terrorist attacks;
- Findings from previously conducted risk assessments including threat or vulnerability.
For more information, visit Nonprofit Security Grant Program .