Tennessee Houses of Worship Security Grant 2025-2026

Tennessee Houses of Worship Security Grant 2025-2026 Now Open

Secure your house of worship! The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security has opened its 2025-2026 Houses of Worship Security Grant. Let a professional Security Consultant at GoodKnight help you through the process.

  • Purpose: Funds contracted security personnel for eligible 501(c)(3) houses of worship (churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, etc.).

  • Why: "Houses of worship... are easily accessible... and often have limited security measures," says Deputy Commissioner Greg Mays. This grant helps hire trained professionals to "mitigate or prevent a tragedy."

  • Grant Type: Competitive, 12-month period, cost reimbursement.

  • Deadlines:

    • Registration: July 24, 2025 (3 p.m. Central)

    • Application: July 31, 2025 (3 p.m. Central)

  • More Info: tn.gov/safety/homeland-security/grants.html

Jim (Founder & President) and Dylan (Tennessee Security Consultant), deployed together to the Role 2 in Erbil, Iraq in 2019 as part of Expeditionary Medical Unit 10GR7.

To maximize your chances of securing this vital funding and ensuring truly effective security, consider GoodKnight. This team brings over 17 years of combined military and security industry experience. This background means they don't just understand security concepts; they've applied them in challenging real-world scenarios.

GoodKnight can help

GoodKnight is prepared to guide you through the entire application process. We can also prepare the necessary Security Threat Assessments that are required for this grant. Please contact us today before the deadline.