1.   Governors at Gillbrook School in South Bank hope to become the first grant maintained school in the North-East.

2.   It is the first official grant given by the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation.

3.   It was the first official grant given by the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation.

4.   The directors of the fund expect to distribute its first grants this spring.

5.   The fund awarded its first grants last month.

6.   The first grant will be given to the Seattle-based Technology Resource Institute, which will oversee the program for librarian training.

7.   The importance of financing was illustrated on Thursday when the new Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria gave out its first grants.

8.   The legislation would for the first time grant a fetus or embryo rights that are separate from those of a pregnant woman.

9.   The program will award its first grants next year to nonprofit agencies that provide social services to Hispanic people.