15 U.S.C. § 6904 — Qualified organizations

For purposes of eligibility for assistance under this chapter, a qualified organization must be—
(1) a nonprofit microenterprise development organization or program^* (or a group or collaborative^* thereof) that has a demonstrated record of delivering microenterprise^* services to disadvantaged entrepreneurs;
(2) an intermediary^*;
(3) a microenterprise development organization or program that is accountable to a local community, working in conjunction with a State or local government or Indian tribe^*; or
(4) an Indian tribe acting on its own, if the Indian tribe can certify that no private organization or program referred to in this paragraph exists within its jurisdiction.