Fiscal Year 2026 Nonprofit Security Grant Program

The Fiscal Year 2026 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) aims to improve and increase the physical/cybersecurity and facility/target hardening of nonprofit organizations’ facilities at risk of terrorist or other extremist attacks. The program provides funding for allowable costs such as planning, equipment, training, and exercises. Eligible applicants include State Administrative Agencies (SAAs) on behalf of nonprofit organizations. The program has a total funding of $300,000,000, with an anticipated 56 awards. Key priorities include enhancing the protection of soft targets and crowded places, supporting homeland security task forces and fusion centers, enhancing cybersecurity, enhancing election security, and supporting border crisis response and enforcement. Some examples of eligible project types include: • Private contracted security guards • Physical security enhancements (e.g., CCTV cameras, security screening equipment) • Access controls (e.g., card readers, fencing, gates, barriers) • Cybersecurity enhancements (e.g., risk-based cybersecurity planning, improving cybersecurity of access control and identity verification systems) • Training and awareness campaigns • Exercises and simulations focused on joint operations, intelligence sharing, or interdiction/disruption of criminal or smuggling networks