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A $400 million increase in federal funding is available for security in places of worship, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Sunday. Places like synagogues and mosques could apply to ...
U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer said 34 synagogues, mosques, churches and other nonprofits would share in the federal grants. North Jersey religious sites will get $4.8M in security grants, Gottheimer ...
The Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), previously the Urban Areas Security Initiative Nonprofit Security Grant Program (UASI NSGP), is a grant program administered by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that provides funding for target hardening and physical security enhancements to non-profit organizations at high risk of terrorist attack.
Eighty-five nonprofits received a total of $4.75 million to make security improvements, according to a Healey-Driscoll Administration press release.
In the United States, federal assistance, also known as federal aid, federal benefits, or federal funds, is defined as any federal program, project, service, or activity provided by the federal government that directly assists domestic governments, organizations, or individuals in the areas of education, health, public safety, public welfare, and public works, among others.
In the United States, federal grants are economic aid issued by the United States government out of the general federal revenue. A federal grant is an award of financial assistance from a federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States.
On July 2, Yaroslavsky and Blumenfield replaced the initial proposal with their plan for $2 million in grants for security at nonprofit religious institutions of all denominations.
For fiscal year 2005, more than $2.2 billion in competitive social service grants were awarded to faith-based organizations. Between fiscal years 2003 and 2005, the total dollar amount of all grants awarded to FBOs increased by 21 percent (GAO 2006:43 [3]).