NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AT HIGH RISK OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ATTACK

Fiscal Year 2010 Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Nonprofit Security Grant Program provides funding support for target hardening activities to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of terrorist attack.

Applications will be accepted from January 4th, 2010 through March 16th, 2010 through the Office of Homeland Security's electronic grants management system (E-Grants) for programs to support nonprofit organizations (as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code) that are at high risk of international terrorist attack and are located within one of New York's five UASI-eligible urban areas: 1) New York (includes the Cities of New York and Yonkers and the Counties of Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk); 2) Buffalo (includes the City of Buffalo and the Counties of Erie and Niagara); 3) Albany (includes the Cities of Albany, Troy and Schenectady and the Counties of Albany, Rensselaer and Schenectady); 4) Rochester (includes the City of Rochester and Monroe County); and 5) Syracuse (includes the City of Syracuse and Onondaga County). The program seeks to integrate nonprofit preparedness activities with broader state and local preparedness efforts. It is also designed to promote coordination and collaboration in emergency preparedness activities among public and private community representatives, State and local government agencies, and Citizen Corps Councils.

For an application and instructions, contact: Steve Tierney at the above address or e-mail: [email protected], or call 1-866-837-9133