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S4154
SENATE, No. 4154
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
�
INTRODUCED MAY 11, 2026
Sponsored by:
Senator� JOSEPH P. CRYAN
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
���� Concerns the "New Jersey Nonprofit Security
Grant Program."
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
��
An Act
concerning the �New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program� and amending
chapter 9 of Appendix A.
����
Be It Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New
Jersey:
���� 1.��� Section 3 of P.L.2021,
c. 439 (C. App.A:9-89) is amended to read as follows:
���� 3.��� a.� There is hereby
established the "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program"
(NJNSGP) in the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, which shall
provide grants to eligible nonprofit organizations at greatest risk of attack
as annually appropriated (1) to hire permanent or temporary security personnel
limited to federal, State, county, or municipal law enforcement officers,
special law enforcement officers appointed pursuant to P.L.1985, c.439
(C.40A:14-146.8 et seq.), or security officers registered pursuant to P.L.2004,
c.134 (C.45:19A-1 et seq.), and (2) for acquisition of target-hardening
equipment for the purpose of preparedness against threats, attacks, and other
violent acts.
���� b.��� The director shall
administer the New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program.� There shall
annually be distributed to approved eligible nonprofit organizations a maximum
grant of up to
[
$10,000
]
$25,000
per approved application for personnel and a maximum grant of up to
[
$50,000
]
$100,000
for target-hardening equipment.�
An eligible organization may make multiple
applications for, and receive, multiple personnel grants of up to $25,000 each
for non-contiguous properties as defined by the director.
� The director may
adjust these amounts based upon the final availability of funds, analytical
trends, and emerging threats.
���� c.���� An eligible nonprofit
organization shall apply to the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness to
receive
[
a
grant
]
grants
under the program, for either costs of security personnel or
acquisition of target-hardening equipment, or both; however, an applicant only
may be awarded funds
up to $75,000
for
[
either
]
personnel
[
or for
equipment in a fiscal year
]
in an annual grant cycle
.� The Office of Homeland Security and
Preparedness first shall evaluate all applications as to whether they are at
high-risk of terrorist attack, threats, domestic extremism, and other violent
acts.� The costs of hiring security personnel shall include the cost of hiring
security personnel for an event within the geographic boundaries of the State
primarily organized by the applicant away from the applicant's physical
location as recorded on the grant application and for which the applicant bears
legal liability.� The funds distributed under the program shall be utilized
solely for security investments made within this State.� No funds shall be
utilized to support security needs while traveling outside of this State.
���� Applicants may apply annually
for a disbursement of funds for costs of security personnel and may be awarded
grants in successive years. The Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness
shall assign a preference for applicants who have not received a federal
security grant that includes funding for hiring security personnel in the last
two federal grant cycles.
���� Applicants may apply annually
for grant funds for acquisition of target-hardening equipment.� The Office of
Homeland Security and Preparedness shall assign a preference for applicants who
have not received either a federal or State security grant for target-hardening
equipment in the last two grant cycles.
���� d.��� The Office of Homeland
Security and Preparedness shall request annually as part of its annual budget
proposal a minimum of
[
$2,000,000
]
$14,000,000
to fund the grants authorized pursuant to this section.� The office also shall
pursue and develop, with the Department of Law and Public Safety, the United
States Department of Homeland Security, and any other applicable State or
federal agency, any available federal, State, local, and private funding for
the grants authorized pursuant to this section.
���� e.���� Of the amount
appropriated to the program,
four percent shall be utilized for outreach and
grant-writing assistance,
five percent shall be allocated to the Office of
Homeland Security and Preparedness to be used to administer the program
, 36
percent shall be utilized for target-hardening equipment grants, and 55 percent
shall be utilized for security personnel grants
.
(cf: P.L.2021, c.439, s.3)
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill increases the
maximum amount of the grant that may be awarded to eligible grantees under the
New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program; eliminates the prohibition of an
organization receiving more than one grant in an annual grant cycle; increases
the minimum amount the office is required to request as part of its annual
budget proposal to fund grants; and establishes allocation percentages for
security personnel grants, target-hardening equipment grants, and outreach and
grant writing assistance for the program.
���� The bill increases an eligible
organization�s maximum security personnel grant from $10,000 to $25,000 per
grant cycle and permits an eligible organization to submit multiple
applications for and receive multiple personnel grants of up to $25,000 each for
non-contiguous properties as defined by the Director of the Office of Homeland
Security and Preparedness (OHSP); however, no more than $75,000 may be awarded
in a single year to a single organization for personnel grants.
���� The bill increases the maximum
target-hardening equipment grant to an eligible organization from $50,000 to
$100,000 per grant cycle.
���� The bill eliminates the
prohibition of a grantee receiving both a target-hardening equipment grant and
a personnel grant in the same year.
���� The bill increases the minimum
amount the OHSP is to request annually as part of its annual budget proposal
from $2 million to $14 million annually.
���� Under current law, of the
amount appropriated to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, five percent is to
be allocated to the OHSP to be utilized to administer the program.� The bill
further establishes grant allocation percentages for outreach and grant writing
assistance (four percent), target-hardening equipment grants (36 percent), and
security personnel grants (55 percent).