Eligible recipient agency

Eligible recipient agency means an organization which
(1) Is public, or
(2) Is private, possessing tax exempt status pursuant to § 251.5(a)(3); and
(3) Is not a penal institution; and
(4) Provides food assistance—
(i) Exclusively to needy persons for household consumption, pursuant to a means test established pursuant to § 251.5 (b), or
(ii) Predominantly to needy persons in the form of prepared meals pursuant to § 251.5(a)(2); and
(5) Has entered into an agreement with the designated State agency pursuant to § 251.2(c) for the receipt of commodities or administrative funds, or receives commodities or administrative funds under an agreement with another eligible recipient agency which has signed such an agreement with the State agency or another eligible recipient agency within the State pursuant to § 251.2(c); and
(6) Falls into one of the following categories:
(i) Emergency feeding organizations (including food banks, food pantries and soup kitchens);
(ii) Charitable institutions (including hospitals and retirement homes);
(iii) Summer camps for children, or child nutrition programs providing food service;
(iv) Nutrition projects operating under the Older Americans Act of 1965 (Nutrition Program for the Elderly), including projects that operate congregate Nutrition sites and projects that provide home-delivered meals; and
(v) Disaster relief programs.

Source

7 CFR § 251.3

Scoping language

The terms used in this part that are defined in part 250 of this chapter have the meanings ascribed to them therein, unless a different meaning for such a term is defined herein.