I can attest to what happens on grant juries through The Canada Council for the Arts. The question is: "Does this person identify as X"  ... ie Does this person identify as LGBT, Trans,  First Nations? Is this person a visible minority? If the jury finds itself at a stalemate, the person who "identifies" gets the grant.  I've sat on juries.... nobody checks. Self-identification is all it takes. (Of course, this 'should' only come into play in the case that 2 or more applications get the same score.)