Since then the board has hired more than 900 art and music teachers and has given sizable grants to dozens of schools to specifically develop arts programs.

In order to receive his imprimatur later in the year, Iorga appealed to fellow intellectuals, earning pledges and a sizable grant from the aristocratic Callimachi family.

But one of the biggest factors pushing the Australian economy has been a housing boom, caused in part by a program of sizable grants to first-time buyers.

Each year, Mr. Velella obtained a sizable grant for the group, which assists crime victims and sponsoring classes for the elderly, among other things.

In addition, 61 of the city's 1,100 schools have received sizable grants to develop arts programs.

Economists say that without sizable grants and loans, large developments in poor neighborhoods would be unlikely.

Though Mr. Dolan did not receive any of those options, four other executives got sizable grants representing 48 percent of the total.

Now nearly all get sizable grants, and one study found that chief executive pay rose faster than that of any group save for professional athletes and movie stars.

The charity that lent him the money for the lot did not respond to repeated messages, while a foundation that provided a sizable grant declined to comment.

Survivors are eligible for pensions, as well as a sizable funeral grant.