Dear Nonprofit Security Friends:

On Friday, Senate Republican appropriators unveiled a long-delayed Homeland Security bill for fiscal 2026, recommending $65.95 billion in discretionary funding, a slight decrease from the House version.

The bill lacked bipartisan support (particularly over border security, immigration enforcement, and detention provisions) and had no committee markup.

While the House version also lacked bipartisan support, it was reported out of committee in June on a party-line vote.

The House bill contains $335 million for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program. The Senate bill includes $330 million.

Should the competing bills get to a bi-cameral conference (formally or informally) to work out competing differences, the NSGP funding level will likely fall between the narrow margin of difference between the bills.

This all but closes the door on securing the $500 million NSGP allies in Congress and stakeholder advocates have pursued.

When Congress returns from its holiday the first week in January, they will have a little more than 3 weeks to complete the outstanding FY 2026 Appropriations bills before the current temporary funding extension (Continuing Resolution) runs out.

For many years, the Homeland Security spending bill has been one of the hardest for both parties to agree on, and this year’s partisan disagreements are significant and could very well result in another year-long funding extension as a result. If this were to occur, NSGP would be expected to be flat funded again at $274.5 million.

[Note: In 2024, NSGP received an annual appropriation of $274.5 million. But the total amount Congress made available to NSGP that year was significantly boosted by a one-time national security supplemental (HR 815) of $400 million. The total of $674.5 million dwarfed any previous year’s appropriation for NSGP.]

Best,

Rob Goldberg
Principal
Goldberg & Associates LLC
In Partnership with Sphere State