{"data":{"id":"us/13-cfr-130.200","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"13 CFR 130.200","heading":"Eligible entities.","body":"The following entities are eligible to operate an SBDC network:\n(a) A public or private institution of higher education;\n(b) A land-grant college or university;\n(c) A college or school of business, engineering, commerce or agriculture;\n(d) A community or junior college;\n(e) A Women's Business Center operating pursuant to section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656);\n(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:\n(1) Be a CNMI government or agency;\n(2) Be a regional entity;\n(3) Be a CNMI-chartered development, credit, or finance corporation;\n(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);\n(5) Be a current SBA Women's Business Center (WBC); or\n(6) Be any entity formed by two or more of the entities in paragraphs (f)(1) through (5) of this section;\n(g) Any entity which was operating as a recipient organization as of December 31, 1990; or\n(h) Any entity operating continually as a recipient organization on or before December 31, 1990.","path":["Title 13—Business Credit and Assistance","CHAPTER I—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","PART 130—SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-13.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:18Z","sha256":"8e30f48ff84f574df2b3317a3080d963ca453eb32b3ca7aa860062aa0ea8ce99","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/13-cfr-130.110","next":"us/13-cfr-130.300"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}