C.R.S. § 24-17-301: Definitions.

As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Administering state agency" means any department, commission, council, board, bureau, committee, institution of higher education, agency, or other governmental unit of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government, including the office of the governor, that administers a grant.

(2) "Grant" means an agreement in which an administering state agency as grantor transfers anything of value to a grantee to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by law instead of acquiring property or services for the direct benefit or use of the administering state agency. A grant may include a distribution of money. A grant does not include donations.

(3) "Grantee" means a recipient of a grant that is a nonprofit organization and that has submitted written proof of such classification to the administering state agency that awarded the grant.

(4) "Nonprofit organization" means a charitable organization, as defined in section 39-26-102 (2.5).