---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 131.200"
title: "13"
number: "131.200"
heading: "Eligible entities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/131.200"
---

# §131.200. Eligible entities.

- (a) **Eligible organizations.** By statute, only a nonprofit organization with active 501(c) certification from the United States Department of the Treasury/Internal Revenue Service is eligible to apply for Federal funding to operate a WBC project.
- (b) **Ineligible organizations.** Organizations ineligible to receive Federal funds to manage a WBC project include, but are not limited to, the following:
  - (1) Any organization that owes an outstanding and unresolved financial obligation to the Federal Government;
  - (2) Any organization, employee, or principal investigator of an organization that is currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise prohibited from receiving awards, contracts, or grants from the Federal Government;
  - (3) Any organization with an outstanding and unresolved material deficiency reported under the requirements of the Single Audit Act within the past three years, consistent with [2 CFR 200.501](/cfr/2/200.501.md);
  - (4) Any organization that has had a grant or cooperative agreement involuntarily terminated or non-renewed by the SBA for cause/material non-compliance;
  - (5) Any organization that has filed for bankruptcy within the past five years;
  - (6) Any organization that does not propose to hire and employ a full-time WBC Program Director whose time is solely dedicated to managing the day-to-day operation of the WBC and staff;
  - (7) Any organization that proposes to serve as a pass-through and permit another organization to manage the day-to-day operations of the project;
  - (8) Any organization that had an officer or agent acting on its behalf convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months; or
  - (9) Any other organization the SBA reasonably determines to be ineligible to receive Federal funds to manage a WBC project.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 656.

### Source

Source: 84 FR 64713, Nov. 25, 2019, unless otherwise noted.