eligible recipient agency
(3) Eligible recipient agency The term “eligible recipient agency” means a public or nonprofit organization that— (A) administers— (i) an emergency feeding organization; (ii) a charitable institution (including a hospital and a retirement home, but excluding a penal institution) to the extent that the institution serves needy persons; (iii) a summer camp for children, or a child nutrition program providing food service; (iv) a nutrition project operating under the Older Americans Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), including a project that operates a congregate nutrition site and a project that provides home-delivered meals; or (v) a disaster relief program; (B) has been designated by the appropriate State agency, or by the Secretary; and (C) has been approved by the Secretary for participation in the program established under this chapter.