Grants awarded at the discretion of the Board of the San Antonio Area Foundation in an annual process; does not include grants from Donor Advised Funds

That broad category of Federal or state-level grants processes to which individual community-based organizations, schools, and/or local governments are eligible to apply directly. There is a pot of money; it is set aside for a specific purpose; criteria are set for what kinds of organizations are eligible to apply; those organizations then develop their own proposals and submit them directly to the funding agent for review, consideration, and consideration. (This is unlike the "block" grants where the funds are distributed through a pass-through agent, for instance, the state). (See also "Block grants" and "Formula grants.")

competitive grant programs in which the applicant designs the proposal, and the funding agency ranks the proposals received and determines which will receive grant awards; also called competitive grants or project grants.