eligible neighborhood development organization
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “eligible neighborhood development organization” means—
(A)
(i) an entity organized as a private, voluntary, nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State in which it operates;
(ii) an organization that is responsible to residents of its neighborhood through a governing body, not less than 51 per centum of the members of which are residents of the area served;
(iii) an organization that has conducted business for at least one year prior to the date of application for participation;
(iv) an organization that operates within an area that—
(I) meets the requirements for Federal assistance under section 5318 of this title;
(II) is designated as an enterprise zone under Federal law;
(III) is designated as an enterprise zone under State law and recognized by the Secretary for purposes of this section as a State enterprise zone; or
(IV) is a qualified distressed community within the meaning of section 1834a(b)(1) of title 12; and
(v) an organization that conducts one or more eligible neighborhood development activities that have as their primary beneficiaries low- and moderate-income persons, as defined in section 5302(a)(20) of this title; or
(B) any facility that provides small entrepreneurial business with affordable shared support services and business development services and meets the requirements of subparagraph (A).
Source
- 1994–present42 U.S.C. § 5318AThe Public Health and Welfare · John Heinz Neighborhood Development Program · for the purposes of this section