$599 Million: Total Funding for Nonprofit Security Grant Program: 2005-2021
The Orthodox Union Advocacy Center helped spearhead the creation of the Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) in 2005 to protect the faith community against terror attacks. The program provides individual grants of up to $150,000 apiece to synagogues, other houses of worship, Jewish/religious day schools and other nonprofits to make their facilities more secure.
OU Advocacy Fact sheet: NSGP 2021
FEMA FAQs: NSGP FAQs-2021
On Capitol Hill:
- Testimony by OU’s Nathan Diament to House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism Jan. 15 , 2019 on violence against Orthodox Jews in the United States and the need to increase NSGP funding
- Watch Nathan Diament’s full testimony here;
- Short clip on NSGP here
- Full hearing here*
- Read, watch media coverage here
OU Advocacy press releases:
- Dec. 21, 2020: Orthodox Union Welcomes Bipartisan Agreement to Double Funding for Federal Security Grants to Protect Synagogues, Churches, Other Houses of Worship, Nonpublic Day schools, Other Nonprofits
- Jan. 24, 2020: Orthodox Union Applauds President Trump, Congress for Authorizing $375 Million in Federal Security Grants to Houses of Worship, Schools, Other Nonprofits*
- Dec. 30, 2019: Orthodox Union Applauds Sen. Chuck Schumer’s Proposal to Quadruple (to $360 Million) Federal Funding for Security Grants to Synagogues, Churches, Other Houses of Worship and At-Risk Nonprofits; At Press Conference with Sen. Schumer, Orthodox Union’s Diament Calls this a “Bold Proposal”
[Video: OU’s Nathan Diament speaks at NYC press conference with Sen. Chuck Schumer Dec. 30, 2019; watch here] - Dec. 16, 2019: Orthodox Union Welcomes Bipartisan Agreement in Congress to Increase Funding for Security at Synagogues, Other Houses of Worship, Day Schools, Nonprofits in 2020; Spending Package Boosts Program to Record $90 Million
Op-eds:
The Hill: Protect America’s houses of worship in year-end appropriations package
The Hill: Here’s what Congress can do to combat anti-semitism
By the Orthodox Union’s Allen Fagin and Nathan Diament
Nonprofit Security Grant Program: 2005-2021
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