{"data":{"id":"us/13-cfr-131.200","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"13 CFR 131.200","heading":"Eligible entities.","body":"(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.\n(b) Ineligible organizations. Organizations ineligible to receive Federal funds to manage a WBC project include, but are not limited to, the following:\n(1) Any organization that owes an outstanding and unresolved financial obligation to the Federal Government;\n(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;\n(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;\n(4) Any organization that has had a grant or cooperative agreement involuntarily terminated or non-renewed by the SBA for cause/material non-compliance;\n(5) Any organization that has filed for bankruptcy within the past five years;\n(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;\n(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;\n(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\n(9) Any other organization the SBA reasonably determines to be ineligible to receive Federal funds to manage a WBC project.","path":["Title 13—Business Credit and Assistance","CHAPTER I—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","PART 131—WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER PROGRAM"],"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":"afc2da2f45107a176c6c25374f96ffc4aada98932ab79e5df58c64a519fcf50c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/13-cfr-131.110","next":"us/13-cfr-131.300"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}