The Nonprofit Security Grant Program provides funding support for physical security enhancements and other security activities to nonprofit organizations that are high risk of a terrorist attack. The NSGP plays an important role in the implementation of the National Preparedness System by supporting the development and sustainment of core capabilities. The NSGP objectives are to support efforts that:

• Build and sustain core capabilities
• Strengthen governance integration between private nonprofit entities and Federal, state, and local governments
• Encourage a whole community approach to security and emergency management

HOW TO APPLY FOR FY 2025 NSGP:

The FY 2025 Nonprofit Security Grant Program will reopen for a second opportunity to submit applications on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 8 a.m. The application window will close on Wednesday. October 15, 2025 at 11:55 p.m.For further information on this grant opportunity, please read FEMA's Notice of Funding Opportunity. You can access the document here:

Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): FY2025 Nonprofit Security Grant Program

Eligible nonprofit applicants will complete and submit the FY 2025 NSGP application to MT DES through the AmpliFund grant management system. The application can be accessed here:

FY2025 NSGP Application

The following are required documents that must be submitted with the AmpliFund application:

• Mission statement for the nonprofit organization.
• Vulnerability assessment specific to the location/facility being applied for.
• Investment Justification (IJ) which includes sections on the nonprofit organization’s risks, vulnerabilities, and the proposed projects that are intended to address or mitigate the identified risks and vulnerabilities. Proposed projects must be for the locations that the nonprofit occupies at the time of application.

Sub-applicants with multiple sites may apply for up to $200,000 per site, for no more than three sites, for a maximum of $600,000 per applicant. Each unique site must have its own Investment Justification (IJ), vulnerability/risk assessment, and application submitted within AmpliFund.

New Update FY25: Applicants with previously awarded NSGP projects that are in open status and are not closed at the time of the application are not eligible to apply under FY 2025 NSGP.

• 2025 Nonprofit Security Grant Program Application Page (Available 09/08/2025)
• FY 2025 IJ Template
• FY 2025 NSGP State Guidance (Coming soon! Edits underway based on FEMA's updated NOFO) 

Nonprofit Security Grant Resource Information