(Washington, DC) The Fiscal Year 2007 Urban Areas Security Initiative Nonprofit Security Grant Program (UASI NSGP) provides funding support for target hardening activities to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations located within specific high-threat, high-density urban areas (the National Capital Region) that are determined to be at high risk of international terrorist attack.

Grant funding may only be used for the following: (1) target hardening, which includes the acquisition and installation of security equipment on real property (including buildings and improvements) owned or leased by an eligible nonprofit organization, specifically in response to a risk of terrorist attack, or (2) security-related training courses and programs.

Allowable training related costs under the UASI NSGP are limited to attendance fees for the training, and related expenses, such as materials, supplies, and/or equipment. Please note: the maximum grant award is $100,000 per nonprofit organization and they must agree to match 25 percent of federal grant funds in cash or through equivalent, related training.

Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit organizations having current IRS approval as a IRC Section 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt status organization and located within the National Capital Region, defined as the District of Columbia; counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s (MD); counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William and Loudoun and the City of Alexandria (VA); and all other units of government within the geographic areas of such District, counties, and city.

The Request for Applications (RFA) may be found online by selecting the link below. The deadline for applications is 5 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2007.

Urban Areas Security Initiative Nonprofit Security Grant Program Request for Applications*
Investment Justification Template*
Notice of Funding Availability*
RFA Addenda: Information Session Questions/Answers and Application Process*

Note: There will be RFA information sessions held on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 between 11 am and 1 pm and Saturday, May 19, 2007 between 10 am and 12 pm at The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1313 New York Avenue, NW.  

For more information, contact Director for the Homeland Security Grants and Program Management Division Steve Kral at (202) 727-6161.