Nonprofit Security Grants in Alaska

The federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program funds target-hardening for at-risk nonprofits nationwide and is administered in Alaska by the state's State Administrative Agency (SAA). There are two streams:

With no state program of its own in this catalog, the federal NSGP above is the route in Alaska for a church, synagogue, mosque, school, community center or museum alike — and the federal notice has points worth knowing for each, which the national guides below walk through.

Federal NSGP applications in Alaska go through Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. In FY2025 the Alaska DHS&EM window closed January 12, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

Confirm with Alaska DHS&EM how it wants the application submitted — states differ, and some will not accept a package sent the wrong way.

What Alaska does differently

• •Alaska runs on a completely different calendar from the midsummer states — its recent cycle closed in January. Anyone planning around FEMA's July date would have missed it by six months.
• •DHS&EM publishes a State Overview and Guidelines document for each cycle, which is where Alaska's own rules live rather than in the federal notice.
• •Alaska is explicit that the programme funds training for all nonprofit staff, planning and exercises — not only equipment.

Alaska process details last checked against Alaska DHS&EM's own page on September 20, 2026. Deadlines move between cycles — confirm on the official page before you apply.

Who do I actually apply to in Alaska?

Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management — not FEMA. Every NSGP application goes through the state's administering agency, which reviews and scores it before passing it to FEMA.

Does Alaska run a security grant of its own as well?

Not in this catalog. In Alaska the federal NSGP, applied for through Alaska DHS&EM, is the route — which makes its deadline the one that matters to you.