FEMA Allocates $3.5 Million to Mississippi
Contact: Cedric Watkins 202-225-5876
(Bolton, Mississippi) – Today, Rep. Bennie Thompson announced the state of Mississippi will receive $3,518,266 through FEMA FY 2021 preparedness grants allocations. Funds will be allotted to the State Homeland Security Grant Program's Non-Profit Security Grant Program (NSGP-S). This is a significant increase in funding and awardees, as last fiscal year Mississippi received $1,050,215. |
Rep. Thompson has been an advocate for NSGP funding. In response to an increase in violence and threats of violence against nonprofit institutions, Rep. Thompson introduced the Securing American Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2019, which formally authorized the NSGP, increased NSGP funding, and made funds available to nonprofit organizations located both inside and outside of urban areas. In 2020, Rep. Thompson's legislation became law. |
Recipient | Amount |
B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center | $75,984 |
Black's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church | $122,794 |
Calvary Missionary Baptist Church | $87,000 |
Central United Methodist Church | $96,996 |
Fountain of Life Church | $95,880 |
Freetrade Church of God | $10,000 |
Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign | $35,000 |
Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church | $148,500 |
Grace Inspirations Church | $150,000 |
Harbor House of Jackson, Inc. dba Harbor House Chemical Dependency Services | $57,500 |
King Solomon Baptist Church | $150,000 |
Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church | $13,500 |
Mississippi Housing Partnership | $34,850 |
New Hope Baptist Church | $150,000 |
New Horizon Ministries, Inc. - New Horizon Child Care Center | $75,000 |
New Horizon Ministries, Inc.- New Horizon Church International | $75,000 |
Operation Shoestring | $150,000 |
Pleasant Hill Church of God | $110,000 |
Refuge Temple Church | $56,000 |
Stewpot Community Services | $28,511 |
Tougaloo College | $150,000 |
URJ Henry S. Jacobs Camp | $100,000 |