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Department of Homeland Security - FEMA · Department of Homeland Security

Fiscal Year 2026 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program

Closed for this year

Deadline
Next round: about Jun 15 – Jul 15, 2027 Estimate ?
Award size
Up to $337.2M
Total available
$337.2M · about 56 awards
Match ?
Required · Work out your budget and match
Who can apply
State government, and others named in the official notice
Where
Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
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Closed for this year

Last round: Jun 15 – Jul 15, 2026, as the funder posted it.

Next round: about Jun 15 – Jul 15, 2027 Estimate. The funder hasn't announced it. GrantMe estimated it from last year's dates.

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How this fits you

  • Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
  • Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
  • Past Tennessee awards on file: 2

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Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/bc078c20-8fd4-4365-9338-440c6066ce70 · Printed from grantme.click/grants/6ce31b76-b712-4e58-98eb-68369a95b1d5

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About this grant

The Emergency Management Performance Grant Program focuses on all-hazards emergency preparedness. The primary objective is to assist state, local, tibal, and territorial emergency management agencies to implement the National Preparedness System and to support the National Preparedness Goal of a secure and resilient nation.

Who can apply, from the official notice

Either the SAA or the EMA is eligible to apply directly to FEMA for EMPG Program funds on behalf of each state or territory.

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Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Emergency Management Agency

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 2 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson CountyNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Emergency Management Agency$208K2023
Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson CountyNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Emergency Management Agency$190K2023

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

About the federal program

Emergency Management Performance Grants, also called “Emergency Management Performance Grant Program”
Program number 97.042 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency · Formula grant (amounts set by a formula)

How applications are judged

As the EMPG is a formula grant, funding is awarded to all eligible recipients, and the award amounts are predetermined. Refer to the EMPG Notice of Funding Opportunity when available and posted on grants.gov for additional information.

Match

None required (federal program listing).

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal year 2025: Funding under the EMPG Program is typically used to strengthen the overall emergency management infrastructure and serves as a catalyst for training first responders, developing comprehensive emergency plans, and acquiring essential equipment and resources. Most EMPG Program funding is used to support the salary costs for emergency managers, including the staffing of state and local emergency operations centers. Fiscal year 2026: Funding under the EMPG Program is typically used to strengthen the overall emergency management infrastructure and serves as a catalyst for training first responders, developing comprehensive emergency plans, and acquiring essential equipment and resources. Most EMPG Program funding is used to support the salary costs for emergency managers, including the staffing of state and local emergency operations centers.

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Source: Federal grants from Grants.gov · the official federal record. Last checked by GrantMe Oct 6, 2026.

Reference numbers: official notice number DHS-26-GPD-042-01-99 · program number 97.042