June 2, 2025

Dear Nonprofit Security Friends,

Congress appropriated $274.5 million to the FY 2025 NSGP program with the Year-Long 2025 Continuing Resolution (CR) (equivalent to the 2024 Omnibus spending bill enacted the year before). The President signed the CR onto laws on March 15.

Based on law and past precedent, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had 60 days from the date of the President’s signature to start the application period for the FY 2025 NSGP program. This is occasioned by FEMA publishing the NSGP grant’s Notice of Funding Opportunity or NOFO. This should have occurred by May 15th. This did not occur, and we are waiting for the launch, which may happen at any time.