Only sixty-five percent of our grants fund animal-based research.

Over all, foundations gave 14 percent of their total grants for that purpose.

The state hardest hit would be New York, which currently receives about 23 percent of the arts agency's grants.

States would allocate 70 percent of their grants to low-income parents to help them pay for child care.

The foundation has given about 21 percent of its total grants to the arts, about three times the national average, Mr. McVay said.

New York State, which receives about 23 percent of the endowment's grants, is the largest beneficiary in the nation.

The state receives 1.8 percent of the nation's grants.

South Jersey lawmakers have vowed to tighten the language to make sure that 25 percent of the arts council's grants end up in the south.

She said that women fare poorly as recipients of foreign help; their program gives 75 percent of its grants to women.

And executives at Computer Sciences got 26.4 percent of the company's grants, on average; that's more than double that industry's average of 11.3 percent.