FEMA Grants
Grant funds are available for pre and post emergency or disaster related projects. These funds support critical recovery initiatives, innovative research and many other programs.
Grants are the principal funding mechanism FEMA uses to commit and award federal funding to eligible state, local, tribal, territorial, certain private non-profits, individuals and institutions of higher learning.
Notices of Funding Opportunity
On July 28, 2025, FEMA published funding opportunities worth billions of dollars for multiple non-disaster grant programs.
- Emergency Management Performance Grant
- Urban Search and Rescue
- National Domestic Preparedness Consortium
- National Dam Safety Program
- National Incident Management System
- Homeland Security Grant Program
- Operation Stonegarden
- Nonprofit Security Grant Program
Types of Grants
Preparedness Grants
Preparedness grants support our citizens and first responders to ensure we work together as a nation to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate terrorism and other high-consequence disasters and emergencies.
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants
“Hazard mitigation” is any sustainable action that reduces or eliminates long-term risk to people and property from future disasters. FEMA’s hazard mitigation assistance provides funding for eligible mitigation measures that reduce disaster losses.
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Earthquake State Assistance Grant Program
The FEMA National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Earthquake State Assistance Grant Program reduces the risks of life and property from future earthquakes in the United States through the establishment and maintenance of an effective earthquake risk reduction programs.
Emergency Food and Shelter Program
The Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) is a FEMA-funded program that supplements and expands ongoing work of local nonprofit and governmental social service organizations to provide shelter, food and supportive services to individuals and families who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, hunger and/or homelessness.
National Dam Safety Program State Assistance Grant
The National Dam Safety Program State Assistance Grant provides assistance to encourage the establishment and maintenance of effective state programs intended to ensure dam safety, to protect human life and property, and to improve state dam safety programs.
Next Generation Warning System Grant
Program (NGWSGP) supports investments that improve the resilience and security of public broadcasting networks and systems.
Civil Rights Obligations for Grant Recipients
Any organization that receives federal financial assistance from FEMA cannot discriminate or prevent participation in a program or activity on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, English proficiency, or economic status.