Because it is PART OF THEIR MISSION. It’s what they do. They administer the grants that the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Through Congress, has authorized. They are the top level administrators for grants issued to oh, researchers working through the National Institutes of Health for example, or if your local fire department got a federal grant via the National Fire Administration. And chances are, your local fire did.
You know almost every aspect of your life is touched, one way or another, by these grants. People are going to find out what life looks like in places far from the US…