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VDEM Announces Nonprofit Security Grant Program Recipients

October 26, 2022

VDEM Announces Nonprofit Security Grant Program Recipients

Published: October 26, 2023

RICHMOND – The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) announces a total of more than $5.1 million in fiscal year 2023 federal funds for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). The NSGP State portion is funded at $3.2 million and the NSGP-Urban Area Hampton Roads portion is funded at $1.6 million. This NSGP award amount represents a 73% increase in funding over last fiscal year.

The NGSP provides funding support for target hardening and other physical security enhancements and activities to eligible nonprofit organizations. VDEM received 90 project applications for both statewide and Hampton Roads projects with requests totaling just over $15 million. The competitive applications are reviewed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and they determine the awarded projects.

NSGP – State Awards

Entity

Amount

Beth Sholom Temple

$150,000

Bethany Place Baptist Church

$104,513

Boys and Girls Club of the Mountain Empire (Admin Bldg)

$150,000

Boys and Girls Club of the Mountain Empire (Club Bldg)

$150,000

Boys and Girls Club of the Mountain Empire (Teen Center)

$150,000

Carilion Medical Center

$108,927

Compassion Church – Axton

$71,174

Compassion Church of the Nazarene

$88,500

Congregation Beth Israel

$117,000

Congregation Or Ami

$70,200

First Presbyterian Church of Lynchburg, Inc.

$140,890

Highland School Educational Foundation, LLC

$149,250

Hope Center Ministries, Inc.

$23,556

Hope Point Church (Newby’s Bridge)

$150,000

Hope Point Church (City View)

$120,000

Ironbridge Baptist Church

$150,000

JMJews Chabad

$150,000

Masjid An Nur Roanoke

$150,000

Regester Chapel United Methodist Church

$149,614

Rescue Mission of Roanoke, Inc. (Family Shelter)

$150,000

Rescue Mission of Roanoke, Inc. (Main Bldg)

$150,000

Richmond Christian School

$148,025

St. Anne Catholic School

$70,971

St Paul’s Episcopal School

$25,500

The Bridge Community Assembly of God Church

$142,000

West End Islamic Center, Inc.

$150,000

Westover Baptist Church

$65,450

Winfree Memorial Baptist Church

$49,500

TOTAL

$3,295,070

NSGP-Urban Area Hampton Roads Awardees

Entity

Amount

Chabad Lubavitch of Tidewater

$150,000

Crosswalk Community Church (John Tyler Hwy)

$150,000

Crosswalk Community Church (Richmond Rd)

$150,000

First Calvary Baptist Church

$52,021

Gateway Free Will Baptist Church

$150,000

Strelitz International Academy

$150,000

Temple Sinai

$60.000

The Way, the Truth, and the Life Church

$149,984

United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula

$145,000

Vineyard Church

$150,000

Water’s Edge Church (Newport News)

$150,000

Water’s Edge Church (Yorktown)

$150,000

TOTAL

$1,607,050

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