Nonprofits Get Federal Anti-Terror Funding

Nonprofits Get Federal Anti-Terror Funding: "Nonprofits Get Federal Anti-Terror Funding
Church-State Issues Divide Jewish Leaders

By Caryle Murphy
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, October 20, 2005; Page B01

Thirty-one nonprofit organizations in the Washington area, including 14 synagogues and eight hospitals, have received federal grants ranging from $26,000 to $100,000 to fortify their facilities under an anti-terrorism program that has divided Jewish leaders and drawn criticism from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The grants are part of a $25 million nationwide program that Congress approved last year and recently renewed for fiscal 2006 to protect nonprofit groups deemed highly vulnerable to a terrorist attack."