Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought's agency is behind this drive to shake up federal grantmaking.

The federal government provides grants – any amount of money that the recipient doesn’t have to pay back – for a wide array of purposes that serve the public interest. States, local governments, colleges and universities, students, nonprofits and other kinds of organizations receive these funds.

Huge sums are involved.

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