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Department of Homeland Security to award $210 million in grants for nonprofit security measures

Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced plans to distribute $210 million in funding through the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), which is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This will be the second tranche of funding that the Biden Administration secured to help protect faith-based institutions and nonprofit organizations against targeted attacks. According to the DHS, the $210 million in additional funds are a portion of the $390 million that were included in the fiscal year 2024 National Security Supplemental, a key part of the administration's efforts to combat a dramatic increase in hate crimes and other forms of targeted violence against faith-based institutions and nonprofit organizations. The first tranche was made available in June 2024. In total for fiscal year 2024, the Administration has secured $664 million for the NSGP, more than double last year's $305 million appropriation, the DHS said. According to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, the additional funds will enable nonprofit institutions of all types, including faith-based organizations that are increasingly targeted, to equip themselves with the personnel, technology, and other resources needed to enhance their security in response to a rise in hate crimes and other forms of targeted violence that increased sharply since the Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attacks against Israel. In light of the changing threat environment, the DHS said, the NSGP has become an even more important resource to these organizations to strengthen their security measures. At press time, over 3,200 faith-based and other nonprofit organizations have been awarded some $454 million during 2024 alone to purchase security cameras, additional warning and alert systems, gates and lighting, access control systems, training programs for staff and other security measures. Application instructions and guidance on the program are available online at FEMA.gov/Grants.
DOI: 10.1002/nba.31850
Language: English
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4404119072
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