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Eligible Activities to Obtain Surplus Federal Personal PropertyThe following activities are eligible to receive donations of federal property through the State Agencies for Surplus Property (SASP):
For more information about eligibility and program requirements, contact a state representative at the State Agencies for Surplus Property (SASP). State and public agencies generally include:
Nonprofit Educational and Public Health Activities, Including Programs for the Homeless and Impoverished Surplus personal property may be donated to nonprofit educational and public health activities exempt from taxation under Sec. 501 of the Internal Revenue Code. The property must be used to aid education or public health, either directly or through research. These activities may include:
Nonprofit, tax exempt organizations, which provide food, shelter, or support services to homeless or impoverished people, may also be eligible to receive surplus property through donation. Such organizations may include:
Nonprofit and Public Programs for the Elderly State or local government agencies and nonprofit organizations or institutions, which receive funds appropriated for programs for older individuals under the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, under Title IV or Title XX of the Social Security Act, or under Titles VIII and X of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and the Community Services Block Grant Act, may be eligible to receive donations of surplus personal property for programs for the elderly. Programs for the elderly may include:
Public agencies, nonprofit educational or public health institutions (including providers of assistance to the homeless), and programs for the elderly may obtain information about eligibility and program requirements by contacting the State Agencies for Surplus Property for the state in which they reside. Any state, political subdivision, municipality, or tax-supported institution may receive donations of surplus property which, in the determination of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), is essential, suitable, or desirable for the development, improvement, operation, or maintenance of a public airport. Such property is subject to terms and conditions prescribed by FAA. For information on participating in the FAA administered program, public airports should contact the appropriate FAA regional office. In addition, public airports may be eligible, as public agencies, to receive property donations through the State Agencies for Surplus Property (SASP). Educational Activities of Special Interest to the Armed Services Certain schools and the following national organizations have been designated as eligible recipients of Department of Defense (DoD) surplus property:
These activities generally referred to as Service Educational Activities (SEA) have a formal donation agreement with DoD that outlines the general terms and conditions for obtaining DoD surplus property and specifies the kind of property that may be donated to the SEA. General information concerning the designation of schools or organizations as a SEA can be obtained from the State Agencies for Surplus Property (SASP). Individual units of the national organizations such as Boy Scout or Girl Scout Troops, Red Cross Chapters, etc., should contact their regional or national headquarters for guidance regarding the donation and use of DoD surplus property. Schools with military training programs (e.g., military junior colleges, military institutes, high schools which host a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps unit or a National Defense Cadet Corps unit, naval honor schools, and state maritime academies should contact their sponsoring military service. The Donation Program also encompasses provisions for donating special types and categories of surplus property. Examples of these programs include:
Donations of property with no market value to public bodies (any public agency, Indian tribe, or agency of the federal government) in lieu of abandoning or destroying it.
Last Reviewed 4/6/2009
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