---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 130.200"
title: "13"
number: "130.200"
heading: "Eligible entities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/130.200"
---

# §130.200. Eligible entities.


The following entities are eligible to operate an SBDC network:

- (a) A public or private institution of higher education;
- (b) A land-grant college or university;
- (c) A college or school of business, engineering, commerce or agriculture;
- (d) A community or junior college;
- (e) A Women's Business Center operating pursuant to section 29 of the Small Business Act ([15 U.S.C. 656](/usc/15/656.md));
- (f) The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands SBDC must have its principal office located in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and must:
  - (1) Be a CNMI government or agency;
  - (2) Be a regional entity;
  - (3) Be a CNMI-chartered development, credit, or finance corporation;
  - (4) Be an institution of higher education (including but not limited to any land-grant college or university, any college or school of business, engineering, commerce, or agriculture, community college or junior college);
  - (5) Be a current SBA Women's Business Center (WBC); or
  - (6) Be any entity formed by two or more of the entities in [paragraphs (f)(1) through (5)](#f-1..f-5) of this section;
- (g) Any entity which was operating as a recipient organization as of December 31, 1990; or
- (h) **Any entity operating continually as a recipient organization on or before December 31, 1990.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 31056, June 13, 1995, as amended at 88 FR 76642, Nov. 7, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 634(b)(6), 648, and 648 note.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 31056, June 13, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 31056, June 13, 1995, as amended at 88 FR 76642, Nov. 7, 2023]