THE CALIFORNIA FEDERAL SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY PROGRAM

Eligibility

These are the non-federal organizations that are eligible to receive federal surplus personal property:

• Any public agency that carries out or promotes for the residents of a given political area one or more public purposes, such as conservation, economic development, education, parks and recreation, public health and public safety.
  
• Under Section 213 of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C 3020d), State and local government agencies, or nonprofit organizations or institutions, that receive Federal funding to conduct programs for older individuals.
  
• The following nonprofit educational or public health institutions or organizations, all for purposes of education or public health (including research for such purposes) and all exempt from taxation under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954:
  

  Child Care Centers Clinics Colleges Educational radio and television stations licensed by the Federal Communications Commission Health Care Centers Hospitals Libraries serving free all residents of a community, district, state or region

  Medical institutions Museums attended by the public Providers of assistance to the homeless/impoverished Schools Schools for the mentally retarded Schools for the physically handicapped Universities

  Service Educational Activities (SEA), which are educational activities of special interest to the Armed Services, and include certain schools and the following national organizations: American National Red Cross Armed Services of the USA YMCA Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America Boys and Girls Clubs of America Boy Scouts of America Camp Fire, Inc. Center for Excellence in Education Girl Scouts of the USA Little League Baseball, Inc. League/Marine Corps League Marine Cadets of America National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education National Civilian Community Corps National Ski Patrol System, Inc. Naval Sea Cadet Corps Operation Raleigh United Service Organizations, Inc. U.S. Olympic Committee Young Marines of the Marine Corps

• Small Business firms designated by the Federal Small Business Administration as socially and economically disadvantaged under the Small Business Administration's 8(a) Business Development Programs.

To Apply for Eligibility

To apply for eligibility or to obtain further information about the California Federal Surplus Personal Property Program, contact the California Federal Surplus Personal Property Program Office at (714) 558-6796.