A $72,400 one-year grant in 2000 supporting "an investigative journalism series on prosecutorial misconduct."

The library got a one-year, $1 million grant, with no commitment to future support.

As a result, the school received a one-year $6,000 grant for programs, as well as a $9,000 grant to do a long-term study of its graduates.

So interesting that in 1994 the Federal Government scattered seed money to encourage such programs, providing 50 institutions one-year matching grants of up to $40,000 each.

Under the Promise Neighborhood program, non-profit organizations (which may include faith-based non-profits) and institutions of higher education will be eligible for one-year grants supporting the design of comprehensive community programs.

Grants are awarded in two categories; one-year grants up to $25,000 and under or two-year grants up to $80,000 per year.

The system began operations on August 15, 2011 with a one-year $236,000 renewable grant.

The winners got one-year grants ranging from $291,407 to $4 million to support schools that offer special programs to attract students from different racial, social, economic and ethnic backgrounds.

The FDA awarded a combined $5.2 million in these one-year grants to various state and local regulatory agencies.

"Dispensing one-year grants to programs that serve the developmentally disabled without available funds will only betray their needs if the services are lost the next year."