The deal, in plain English.

What SecurityGrants.com is

SecurityGrants.com is operated by Nassau Group LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company (“we,” “us,” “SecurityGrants.com”). It helps U.S. nonprofits find federal and state physical-security grants they may qualify for, and — through the AI grant-writing assistant — produces draft application text to help you apply. Checking your eligibility and the security self-assessment are free. The AI grant-writing assistant is a paid tool.

How you accept these terms. You accept these terms and our Privacy Policy when you check the “I agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy” box at checkout. You also accept them by unlocking the AI grant-writing assistant or by continuing to use the site. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.

Not affiliated, not legal advice

We are an independent service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of FEMA, the Department of Homeland Security, or any state agency. Nothing on this site is legal, financial, security, or professional grant-consulting advice. Eligibility results are based on the answers you provide and a simplified reading of public program rules — always confirm against the official program notice (NOFO) and with your state administrator before applying.

The free tools and the security self-assessment

The eligibility check and the security self-assessment are informational tools to help you get oriented. The self-assessment is a starting point based only on the answers you give — it is not a professional or law-enforcement security assessment, not a guarantee of safety, and not a guarantee of a grant award. It may miss risks specific to your facility. Have its findings validated by your local law enforcement or a qualified security professional before you rely on them, and confirm what your State Administering Agency accepts. You use these tools, and any output from them, at your own risk.

The AI grant-writing assistant

The AI grant-writing assistant produces draft application text as a starting point. It can be incomplete or inaccurate, and it may include placeholder estimates. You are responsible for reviewing, correcting, completing, and approving every word before you submit anything to a grant program — federal grant applications carry legal consequences for false or inaccurate statements, and that responsibility is yours. You — not SecurityGrants.com — are responsible for the content and accuracy of any application you submit. We do not submit applications on your behalf.

You assume the risk — verify before you rely

AI-generated content and automated eligibility results can be wrong, outdated, or incomplete — that is the nature of the technology. By using the site, you assume all risk of using the eligibility results, the self-assessment output, and any AI-generated draft or summary, and you agree not to rely on any of it without independently verifying it against the official program rules, your own records, and qualified professionals. Any decision you make — or don't make — based on the site's output is yours alone.

No guarantee of funding

Using this site does not guarantee that you are eligible for any grant, that your application will be accepted, or that you will receive funding. Award decisions are made solely by the grant programs, not by us.

Payment, pricing & refunds

The AI grant-writing assistant is a paid tool — a one-time US$29 charge per grant, shown at checkout and processed by Stripe. It is not a subscription: there is no auto-renewal, and we will never charge you automatically. Any charge requires you to complete an explicit checkout step.

Refunds. We refund in two situations. First, if something went wrong on our end — for example a charge went through but access didn't unlock, or the assistant failed to produce your draft — email hello@securitygrants.com at any time, with no deadline, and we'll put it right or refund the full purchase price. Second, if you change your mind before using what you bought: email us within 48 hours of your purchase, provided the assistant has not generated a draft for you, and we'll refund the full purchase price.

Outside those two situations we do not refund, because the tool delivers its value as soon as it writes your draft — that is the thing you are paying for. Requests outside them are at our discretion, except where the law requires otherwise; nothing here limits any statutory right you have. The refund commitment also doesn't apply to access we end for violating the acceptable-use rules below. Refunds go back to the card you paid with, through Stripe, and usually appear within 5–10 business days. After a refund we may end access to the paid tool for that purchase.

We may change pricing and features going forward; the price shown and agreed at the time you complete a purchase is the price that applies to that purchase. If we ever grant free or introductory access to a paid feature, we may modify or withdraw that free access at any time.

Your content, your drafts — and how we may learn from them

You keep ownership of the information you enter and of the drafts you generate — we claim no ownership of them, we don't sell your personal data, and we don't submit your applications anywhere. You give us the permission needed to host, process, and transmit your inputs (including to the service providers described in our Privacy Policy) so we can produce your results and run the site.

License to improve the service. You also grant Nassau Group LLC a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to retain, use, reproduce, and analyze your inputs, the AI's outputs, and data about how you use the site — in de-identified and/or aggregated form — to operate, secure, maintain, improve, and develop our services, including training and evaluating the models and features that power them. When we use data this way, we remove or mask the details that identify you or your organization first, and we don't attempt to re-identify it.

You're responsible for having the right to use whatever you submit, and for not entering anyone else's confidential information without permission.

Acceptable use

Use the tools for their intended purpose — preparing legitimate grant applications for your organization. Don't attempt to abuse, overload, scrape, reverse-engineer, or circumvent the rate limits or safeguards on the AI tools, and don't submit content you don't have the right to use. Violating this section is grounds for suspension or termination without refund.

Service changes, suspension & termination

We may modify, suspend, reprice, or discontinue any part of the site or any feature at any time — including features you have used before — without liability to you. We may also suspend or terminate any user's access at our discretion, especially for violations of the acceptable-use rules above, without notice and without liability. Sections of these terms that by their nature should survive (ownership and licenses, disclaimers, limits on liability, indemnification, and the dispute-resolution section) survive any termination.

Third-party services

The site depends on third-party providers — including Anthropic and Tavily (AI and web search), Stripe (payments), Supabase (database), Vercel (hosting), Umami (analytics), Resend (email), and Google (analytics, if enabled). We choose them carefully, but we don't control them, and we are not responsible for their acts, omissions, outages, security incidents, or changes to their services or policies. Your use of any third-party service is governed by that provider's own terms.

“As is,” and limits on liability

All of the tools — the free eligibility check and self-assessment as well as the paid AI grant-writing assistant — are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied (including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement), to the fullest extent permitted by law. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Nassau Group LLC and its owners, members, managers, employees, and affiliates are not liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages, for lost funding or missed deadlines, or for any loss or harm arising from your reliance on the security self-assessment, the eligibility results, or the drafts. Our total liability for any and all claims relating to the site will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim or US$100. Some jurisdictions don't allow certain limitations, so parts of this may not apply to you.

Indemnification — if your use gets us sued, you cover us

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Nassau Group LLC and its owners, members, managers, employees, contractors, and affiliates from and against any claims, losses, liabilities, damages, and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from or related to: (a) your use of the site; (b) anything you submit through it; (c) any application or other material you prepare or submit to a grant program or anyone else; or (d) your violation of these terms, of the law, or of someone else's rights. We may take over the defense of any matter otherwise subject to this section, in which case you agree to cooperate with us.

Resolving disputes — arbitration & class-action waiver

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. Except for the small-claims and injunction exceptions below, it requires disputes to be resolved by binding, individual arbitration — you give up the right to a jury trial and the right to participate in a class action. You can opt out within 30 days (see the end of this section).

Governing law. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut and applicable U.S. federal law (including the Federal Arbitration Act), without regard to conflict-of-laws rules.

Talk to us first. Before starting an arbitration, you agree to send us an individualized, signed notice at hello@securitygrants.com describing your specific dispute and the relief you want, and to spend 60 days trying to resolve it informally (including a phone or video call if we ask). This step is required before either of us files, and most issues can be sorted out this way.

Binding individual arbitration. If we can't resolve it, the dispute will be settled by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules and, where they apply, its Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules. Arbitration is on an individual basis; hearings may be held by phone or video, or in the county where you live. The arbitrator decides questions about whether a dispute is arbitrable — except for the two exceptions below.

No class actions. You and Nassau Group LLC agree to bring claims only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or member of any class, collective, consolidated, or representative proceeding. This class-action waiver is an essential part of this agreement: it is not severable — if it is found unenforceable, the entire arbitration agreement in this section is void and the dispute proceeds in court on an individual basis (it never becomes a class arbitration).

Exceptions. Either of us may instead bring an individual claim in small-claims court, and either of us may ask a court for an injunction to stop misuse of the site or intellectual property.

Many similar claims. If 25 or more similar arbitration demands are filed by or with the help of the same or coordinated counsel within a 90-day period, they will be handled in small staged “bellwether” batches (up to 10 at a time), with fees assessed only for the active batch and the remaining claims paused for mediation based on the outcomes of the first batch.

Your 30-day opt-out. You can opt out of this arbitration and class-action-waiver section (and only this section) by emailing hello@securitygrants.com within 30 days of first accepting these terms, with your name and the email you used. Opting out doesn't affect anything else in these terms or your use of the site.

General

These terms, together with our Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and SecurityGrants.com about the site. If any part is found unenforceable, the rest still applies — except the class-action waiver above, which is not severable. Our not enforcing a term isn't a waiver of it. You may not transfer your rights under these terms; we may transfer ours (for example, if the site changes hands). We may update these terms; we'll change the date above and, for material changes, note them here. Continuing to use the site after an update means you accept the updated terms.

Privacy & contact

Our Privacy Policy explains what we collect and how we use it. Questions? Email hello@securitygrants.com.