Nonprofit Programs

FY2025 Nonprofit Security Grant Program

The NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services is pleased to announce the FY2025 Nonprofit Security Grant Program – Urban Area (NSGP-UA) and State (NSGP-S).

• NSGP - Urban Area (NSGP-UA) – $28,441,533 is being made available in New York State to support nonprofit organizations that are located within the New York City urban area.  Eligible organizations with sites located in the NYC urban area which includes: the five boroughs in New York City, Nassau County, Suffolk County and Westchester County are eligible to apply to NSGP-UA.
• NSGP - State (NSGP-S) – $3,562,500 is being made available in New York State to support nonprofit organizations that are located outside of the New York City urban area.  Such organizations are eligible to apply to NSGP-S.   

Each nonprofit organization may apply for up to $200,000 per site.  Nonprofits with multiple sites may apply for additional sites at up to $200,000 per site for a maximum of three (3) sites located within the NSGP-UA area and three (3) sites located within the NSGP-S area, for a maximum of six (6) sites total, not to exceed a grand total of $600,000 per organization.  A nonprofit organization with locations in multiple states may apply for up to these application limits within each state.  If a nonprofit organization applies for projects at multiple sites, regardless of whether the projects are similar in nature, each individual site must include a vulnerability assessment unique to each site. That is, one vulnerability assessment per location/physical address.  Failure to do so may be cause for rejection of the application(s).      

Nonprofit organizations that are applying for this funding opportunity must be prequalified in the New York Statewide Financial System (SFS) at the time of application submission.  For more information on prequalification, and maintaining prequalification, please visit: https://grantsmanagement.ny.gov/get-prequalified.

• Applications due on January 13, 2026, by 5:00 P.M.
• Submission of written questions will be accepted until noon on January 6, 2026.

Documents:

• FY2025 NSGP Request for Applications (RFA)
• FY2025 NSGP Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• FY2025 NSGP Investment Justification (IJ) Template*
• FY2025 NSGP E-Grants Tutorial
• FY2025 NSGP Application Checklist
• FY2025 NSGP Authorized Equipment List

*Due to compatibility issues with FEMA’s Investment Justification (IJ) template, the following options for accessing the document may be used:

• Important: If accessing from the web, the IJ must be downloaded and saved as a PDF before you start working on it.
• If using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge web browsers, after you click to open the document, a “Please wait…” message will appear.
• Click the “Download” or “Save as” icon (upper right corner of the screen) and save the file to your desktop.
• If using the Firefox web browser, the IJ will be viewable when you open it, however, you must download and save it as a PDF before you start working on it, otherwise errors may occur.
• Navigate to your desktop where the file has been saved and open the document from here.  
• If the file does not open normally, right-click the file on your desktop and select “Open with”, then select Adobe (acrobat, reader, etc.), then the file should open.  

• Please keep the file saved on your desktop/local hard drive and do not save to any cloud-based storage, as future accessibility issues may occur. The IJ will also need to be uploaded/submitted with your application in this fillable-PDF format with all fillable fields and drop-downs enabled.

  If you continue to experience difficulty downloading the IJ, please e-mail [email protected] and we can further assist you.

NSGP-NSS Grantee Orientation Workshop

DHS/FEMA announced award determinations for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program - National Security Supplemental and NYS DHSES notified all organizations that applied regarding the funding decisions.  For those that received an award, a grantee orientation workshop was conducted in November of 2025.  The presentation materials for this workshop are posted below for reference.  

• NSGP-NSS Overview
• Steps to Execute a Contract
• Allowable Costs and Training Requests
• Contracts Management
• Environmental and Historic Preservation (EHP) Requirements
• Procurement, Consultant Agreements, Record Management, and Single Audit Requirement
• Amendments and Investment Justification Modification Process
• Quarterly Progress and Fiscal Reporting
• Programmatic and Fiscal Monitoring

Prequalification

Nonprofit organizations must prequalify in the New York Statewide Financial System (SFS) to do business with New York State and to apply for grants. Prequalification includes answering basic questions regarding the organization and uploading key organizational documents.

For information regarding the prequalification process, please visit:  https://grantsmanagement.ny.gov/get-prequalified

Not-for-Profit (NFP) organizations receiving an award greater than $50,000 are required to complete a Vendor Responsibility Questionnaire through the NYS Office of the State Comptroller (OSC). 

• File Vendor Responsibility Questionnaire Online