Fiscal Year 2026 Nonprofit Security Grant Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- DHS-26-GPD-008-00-99
- Agency
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $300,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 97.008 Non-Profit Security Program
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Disaster Prevention and Relief
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
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- FEMA GO Help Desk femago@fema.dhs.gov (877) 585-3242
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is soliciting applications for the Fiscal Year 2026 Nonprofit Security Grant Program to fund physical and cybersecurity hardening at nonprofit facilities at risk of terrorist or extremist attack, with applications due July 24, 2026. Eligible applicants are State Administrative Agencies serving as pass-through entities; nonprofit organizations apply as subapplicants through their respective state agency and cannot apply directly to FEMA. Eligible nonprofits must be 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations at high risk of terrorist or extremist attack, including houses of worship, educational facilities, medical facilities, and community centers. Total funding of $300 million is distributed across two streams: NSGP-Urban Area with $150 million for nonprofits in designated high-risk urban areas, and NSGP-State with $150 million for nonprofits outside these areas. Individual nonprofit awards range from $269,000 to $32 million for NSGP-UA and $1.4 million to $5.9 million for NSGP-S. No cost share is required. The period of performance runs September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029. Allowable costs include planning, equipment (limited to an authorized equipment list), training, exercises, contracted security personnel, maintenance, and management and administration up to 5 percent of the award. Unallowable costs include organizational overhead, operational overtime, hiring public safety personnel, and risk or vulnerability assessments. Selection criteria emphasize documented threat and vulnerability analysis, alignment with national priority areas including protection of soft targets, cybersecurity enhancement, and election security, and demonstrated feasibility of completing projects within the three-year performance period. Applications require Investment Justifications with vulnerability assessments, mission statements, and proposed security projects evaluated on a 41-point scale across 13 criteria addressing organizational significance, threat analysis, vulnerability assessment, facility hardening proposals, prevention focus, project feasibility, management capability, and outcome articulation. The program operates under CFDA 97.008.
Synopsis
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) improves and increases the physical/cybersecurity 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.
The NSGP will improve and increase the physical/cybersecurity 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. Concurrently, the NSGP will integrate the preparedness activities of nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of a terrorist or other extremist attack with broader state and local preparedness efforts.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| FY_2026_NSGP_Export Assistance and Data Collection Cleaning Tool.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| FY26_NSGP_ Prioritization of Investment Justifications_.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| FY26_NSGP_ Prioritization of Investment Justifications V2.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| FY_2026_NSGP_Process Overview for SAAs.pptx | PPTX presentation | |
| FY_2026_NSGP Scoring Tool_ONLY.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| FEMA Form FF-207-FY-21-115_NEW.pdf | ||
| FEMA Form FF-207-FY-21-115_NEW.pdf | ||
| FY26 NSGP NOFO_Final.pdf |
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