Facing pressure to release millions of dollars in security grants for synagogues and other nonprofit institutions, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration announced in June that it would send more than $94 million to more than 500 Jewish, faith-based organizations.

But the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security agency, has yet to tell any of the recipients that their applications for the grants have been approved, nor has it notified the members of Congress who championed those requests.

“With antisemitism surging across the country, the Nonprofit Security Grant Program is critical to protecting synagogues and Jewish nonprofits,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), who is Jewish, told JNS.

“FEMA and the Trump administration are leaving these organiza

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