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In remarks at a conference for federal grantees, Garland pointed to statistics showing that last year, the U.S. saw the largest one-year decline in homicides in half a century, including a 13% decrease last year in Chicago.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2024
Establishing Clear Guidelines The next step in your grantmaking process involves setting clear guidelines for potential grantees.
—Kris Putnam-Walkerly, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
For some grantees, just being featured in Wish Book can have a lasting positive impact.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
The grantees range in focus from those that provide support to people returning from incarceration to The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company, which creates original theater with young people in Los Angeles.
—Thalia Beaty, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
The Myna Mahila Foundation is also partnering with another Gates grantee to propose developing privacy standards for handling data for reproductive health.
—Thalia Beaty, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2024
Bezos' partner, former news anchor Lauren Sánchez, who is also the vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, thanked the grantee organizations in a video posted to both her and Bezos' social media accounts.
—CBS News, 21 Nov. 2023
Audubon Southwest, which received $7,500, is one of several Season for Sharing grantees that make field trips and other hands-on learning activities more accessible for students.
—Alexis Waiss, The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2024
Many of the largest Searle grantees, who have received millions of dollars over the last decade, are conservative and libertarian-leaning think tanks such as the American Enterprise Institute, the Reason Foundation, the Tax Foundation, the Manhattan Institute and the Cato Institute.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of grantee was
in the 15th century
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“Grantee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grantee. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
grantee
noun
grant·ee
grant-ˈē
: one to whom a grant is made
Legal Definition
grantee
noun
grant·ee
gran-ˈtē
: one to whom a grant is made
specifically
: one to whom a grant by deed is made
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