ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 84/100
Connecticut 2026 State Nonprofit Security Grant Program (CT-NSGP)
Connecticut has $5 million available through the 2026 State Nonprofit Security Grant Program for eligible 501(c)(3) organizations at heightened risk of terrorist attack, hate crime or violent acts. Awards are capped at $50,000 per site for security infrastructure improvements. Applications close September 4, 2026; the official public page does not state a closing time.
Funding$5 million statewide; up to $50,000 per site
DeadlineSeptember 4, 2026 — official public page does not state a closing time
Last verifiedAugust 29, 2026
Required next actionConfirm the organization is an eligible 501(c)(3), owns the building for which funding is requested and can document heightened risk; register in the DESPP EM Grants system and select SSBF access; complete the organization data, threat narrative, scope of work, budget and online Security Self-Assessment; verify the exact closing time displayed inside EM Grants because Connecticut's public apply page gives September 4, 2026 but does not publish a clock time; and submit before the September 4 deadline.
Broad Eligibility
Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that are at heightened risk of being targeted by a terrorist attack, hate crime or violent act and that own the building at the time of application and throughout project completion. Public schools are explicitly ineligible for CT-NSGP. Qualifying nonprofit healthcare, behavioral-health, community-service and other nonprofit facilities may be eligible when they satisfy the program's ownership and risk requirements.
Atlas Analysis
A useful cross-sector facility-safety opportunity for nonprofit healthcare and community organizations that own their buildings and face documented security risk. The program can support physical-security and target-hardening improvements such as ballistic glass, surveillance, controlled access, electronic locks, panic alarms, metal detection and interoperable communications. It is not a clinical-services grant, so Atlas scores it below direct healthcare-access and school-health opportunities, but the September 4 deadline and $50,000-per-site ceiling make it highly actionable for qualifying nonprofit facilities.
From Funding to Implementation · School Health Solution
Turn school-health funding into a clinically capable care model.
Dr. Miltie N9+ can support clinician-directed remote exams in school settings, helping care teams move beyond video-only encounters when a funded program calls for stronger pediatric access.
Source verificationOfficial government source · portal.ct.govAtlas last verified this record August 29, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
