---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2553.21"
title: "45"
number: "2553.21"
heading: "Who is eligible to serve as a sponsor?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2553.21"
---

# §2553.21. Who is eligible to serve as a sponsor?


AmeriCorps awards grants to public agencies, including Indian tribes as defined in section 421(5) of the Act, and private, non-profit organizations, both secular and faith-based, in the United States that have authority to accept and the capability to administer an RSVP project.


## Notes

### Amendments

[83 FR 64654, Dec. 17, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 14135, Mar. 24, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[83 FR 64654, Dec. 17, 2018]