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. By using the site, or by unlocking the AI grant-writing assistant, you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy. 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.

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 & introductory access

Pricing for the AI grant-writing assistant is shown on the site. While we finish setting up payment, access may be granted at no charge in exchange for registering an email. We will never charge you automatically for introductory or free access. Any charge requires you to complete a separate, explicit checkout step we add later — there is no auto-conversion to paid and no auto-renewal without your express, separate consent at that time. 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.

Your content and the drafts you create

You keep ownership of the information you enter and of the drafts you generate — we claim no ownership of them, and we don't submit them anywhere. You give us only the limited permission needed to process your inputs to produce your result (including sending them to the AI providers described in our Privacy Policy). 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.

“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, to the fullest extent permitted by law. To the maximum extent permitted by law, SecurityGrants.com is not liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages, for lost funding, 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.

Your responsibility

You agree that you are responsible for how you use the site and for anything you submit to a grant program, and that you will not hold SecurityGrants.com responsible for claims, losses, or costs arising from your use of the tools or from applications you prepare or submit.

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.

Privacy & contact

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