This DAP highlights FBI PSA: Violent Online Networks Target Vulnerable and Underage Populations Across the United States and Around the Globe, Virginia man found guilty of hate crime for thwarted church shooting plot, and Measles Outbreak SPOTREP #1. The DAP also has More Faith-Based Stories and Select All-Hazard Stories. These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.

Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 27 January 2025
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NSGP 101: Common Mistakes Nonprofits Make in the Grant Application Process
The Generosity Genius item discusses FEMA’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). The item details common mistakes and how to avoid them.
Common Mistakes Nonprofits Make in NSGP Applications:
- Not Answering Questions Directly
- Omitting Necessary Information
- Ignoring the Guidance and Scoring Rubric
- Failing to Be Concise
- Misalignment Between the Vulnerability Assessment and Mission Statement
- Outdated or Generic Vulnerability Assessments
How to Avoid These Mistakes:
- Answer Questions Directly
- Include All Required Information
- Leverage the Guidance and Scoring Rubric
- Write Concisely and Impactfully
- Align the Vulnerability Assessment and Mission Statement
- Update Your Vulnerability Assessment Regularly
Analyst Comments:
Faith-Based Organization should consider applying for a NSGP grant.
The 16 October 2023 Daily Awareness Post details additional suggestions for a successful grant application.
Nashville School Shooter’s Manifesto: Calls To Attack Mosques, Churches, Synagogues, Military Bases, Government Buildings, Power Grids, Schools
MEMRI reports on a wide variety of items in the alleged manifesto of the Antioch High School shooter. The shooter states “,.. mosques, churches, synagogues, military bases, government and federal buildings, power grids, and schools should be attacked.
Related Articles:
- Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities
- Antioch, Tenn., Shooter Inspired by Broad Extremist Beliefs and Previous Mass Killers
Analyst Comments:
Manifestos can help security teams recognize and prepare for threats. Sadly, they can also inspire future shooters. While the Nashville shooter did not attack a House of Worship, based on part of the shooters alleged manifesto, Faith-Based Organizations should consider that they continue to be the target of lone attackers.
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NYPD Seeking Vandals Who Damaged Williamsburg Shuls, Jewish Owned cars
‘Goyim Defense League’ (GDL) Harasses Michigan Neighborhood with Anti-Jewish Leaflets
Islamic activist reacts to local teacher allegedly calling student a ‘terrorist’
March for Life: Trump Promises to Investigate ‘Radical Left Attacks’ on Churches, Pregnancy Centers
East Tennessee Neo-Nazi indicted on civil rights intimidation charges after antisemitic stunt at JCC
Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, turn to faith amid deportation fears
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Montana Pastor Used His “Karate Lessons” To Sexually Assault At Least One Child
Tunisian police kill man who set himself on fire outside synagogue
Teenager charged with terrorism offences and Two teens arrested in Greenock under Terrorism Act (Arrested Outside of Mosque.)
Stratford mosque damaged in suspected hate crime
Seven mosques and schools vandalised with Islamophobic graffiti in London
Islamophobic attack on Turkish mosque rattles Muslims in France
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House Homeland Releases Updated “Terror Threat Snapshot” Assessment In Wake Of New Year’s Day ISIS-Inspired Terrorist Attack In New Orleans, PDF: “Terror Threat Snapshot.”
North Korea Says it Tested Cruise Missile System and Vows ‘Toughest’ Response to US
TikTok Threat Arrest: “[Trump] needs to be assassinated”
VA: Ku Klux Klan leaflets found near Round Hill Elementary School
Mass arrests in nationwide US immigration crackdown
A Case Study of Atomwaffen Division, PDF report.
International peacekeepers killed as fighting rages around eastern Congo’s key city
Winter Storm Moving through the Southwest U.S.; Arctic Front to Bring Gusty Winds and Snow Squalls in the Northeast U.S. National Weather Service
See where the latest California wildfires are burning
Indonesian rescuers halt evacuation due to bad weather after landslide kills 25, official says
Avian flu hits more poultry in 4 states amid snow geese deaths in Delaware and ‘This Is a Dangerous Virus’
Scammers Are Creating Fake News Videos to Blackmail Victims
Scam alert: QR code on an unexpected package
Scammers Target California Wildfire Relief with Deepfake Beyoncé Video and Falsified GoFundMe Page
TikTok Says It’s Not Censoring ‘Free Palestine’ Comments. Users See Something Different
Here It Is, the Worst Slack Bug
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