Nonprofit Programs

 Nonprofit Security Grant Program National Security Supplemental

The NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services is pleased to announce the Nonprofit Security Grant Program National Security Supplemental – Urban Area (NSGP-NSS-UA) and State (NSGP-NSS-S). Funding under the NSGP-NSS has been authorized under the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024.

• NSGP - Urban Area (NSGP-NSS-UA) - $105 million is being made available nationally to support nonprofit organizations that are located within a federally designated urban area. 
• NSGP - State (NSGP-NSS-S) - $105 million is being made available nationally, with New York State having a target allocation of $2.28 million, to support nonprofit organizations that are located outside of the federally designated urban areas.

If your nonprofit site is physically located within New York City, Nassau County, Suffolk County or Westchester County, then you may apply to NSGP-NSS-UA.  If your nonprofit site is located outside of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties, then you may apply to NSGP-NSS-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-NSS-UA area and three (3) sites located within the NSGP-NSS-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).      

Consortium applications are also eligible under the NSGP-NSS. In this case, an eligible entity would apply on behalf of themselves and other eligible entities as an applicant to DHSES. Consortia may apply through DHSES for an award of up to $1,000,000. The $200,000 per site maximum still applies for each individual nonprofit organization within the consortium. If successful, the lead consortium member will accept the subaward on behalf of the consortium, implement the approved projects/contracts for all consortium member sites, and manage the subaward throughout the period of performance, to include ensuring that all terms and conditions of the subaward are met.

For consortium applications, all nonprofit organizations within a consortium application must be eligible under the applied-for funding stream. For example, if a consortium applies to DHSES to receive funding under NSGP-NSS-UA, all nonprofit organizations within the consortium must be located within the same UASI-designated high-risk urban area. Nonprofit organizations may not apply both individually and as part of a consortium. 

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.

Contact Information:

E-mail: [email protected] or call 1-866-837-9133

Quick links for interested organizations:

• Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) – Getting Started Guide
• Get Prequalified in the New York Statewide Financial System (SFS)
• Obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)

• Register with the NYS Attorney General’s Office Charities Bureau

   

Please contact [email protected] for questions about the NSGP or to be placed on our mailing list for future correspondence regarding the program.                   

FY2024 NSGP Grantee Orientation Workshops

DHS/FEMA announced award determinations for FY2024 Nonprofit Security Grant Program and NYS DHSES notified all organizations that applied regarding the funding decisions.  For those that received an award, a series of grantee orientation workshops are being conducted.  The presentation materials for those workshops are posted below for reference.  

• Grants Program Administration & NSGP Overview
• Contract Execution and the E-Grants System
• Allowable Costs and Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation Requirements
• Proper Procurement, Record Keeping, and Single Audit Requirement
• Changes to Scope of Work, Budget Reallocations, and Investment Justification Modifications
• Quarterly Progress and Fiscal Reporting
• Monitoring Visits

New York State, committed to ensuring the safety and equal treatment of all New Yorkers, launched the Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes Program to boost safety and security at New York's nonpublic nonprofit schools, nonprofit day care centers, nonprofit community centers, nonprofit cultural museums, nonprofit residential camps and nonprofit day camps at risk of hate crimes or attacks because of their ideology, beliefs, or mission. Awards under the SFY 2019-2020 round have been announced and an orientation webinar for new grantees was held on November 3, 2021. The recording and slide deck are posted below for reference.

• 2019-2020 Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes Grantee Orientation Webinar Recording
• 2019-2020 Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes Grantee Orientation Webinar slide deck

Please note that current and future funding opportunities of the Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes Program will be administered by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS):  https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/ofpa/index.htm

Pre-qualification

All not-for-profit organizations must be prequalified in order to do business with New York State and to apply for grants. In order to prequalify, not-for-profit organizations must submit an online Pre-qualification Application through the Grants Gateway.

The Pre-qualification Application is comprised of five components to gauge your organizational structure and the types of services you provide. The required forms and document uploads are all part of the Document Vault. 

Resources to complete the application and associated document vault can be found in the Resources Section of the Grants Gateway website.

Pre-qualification Update

New Audit Requirement: Entities that are exempt by Executive Law § 172-a from submitting financial disclosure materials to the Attorney General’s Charities Bureau (such as religious organizations involved in exclusively non-secular activities) should, regardless of their annual revenue, provide their most recent internal financial report reviewed by the board. 

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