Nonprofits could use security grants for guards and application help

Nonprofits would be allowed to use security grants to hire security personnel. The listed uses cover onsite security personnel and off-duty police officers under the Department of Homeland Security’s nonprofit security grant program.

Nonprofits would be allowed to use grant money for application costs, including hiring people to apply for funding. This permission would apply to the Department of Homeland Security’s nonprofit security grant program. Spending to hire people to apply for funding could not exceed 5 percent of the grant amount.