If you ever received any ';grant'; tell us how much, for what and what happened?

If you received a grant for school, for business, or for any other reason we'd like to hear about it. We want to know if there really is free money out there. Want to know the circumstances (why you got it), how much, from whom, when and what it was used for. So many of us are skeptical about grants. Ease our mind please.