123STA T . 1 569PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 source s ,whi ch may i n c l u d e St ate or local a g encies, b usinesses, p ri v ate philanthropic organi z ations, or individ - uals .‘ ‘ (B)ELIG I B L E E NT ITIE S IN C L UD ING ST A TEC OM MISSIONS O R LOCAL GO V ERNMENT O F FICES. — ‘‘(i) I N GENERAL.—In a case in which a State C ommission, a local government o f fice, or both entities are a part of the eligible entity, the State involved, the local government involved, or both entities, respec- tively, shall contribute not less than 30 percent and not more than 5 0 percent of the matching funds. ‘‘(ii) L OCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE.—In this subpara- graph, the term ‘local government office ’ means the office of the chief e x ecutive officer of a unit of general local government. ‘‘(3) R EDUCTION.— T he Corporation may reduce by 50 per- cent the matching funds re q uired by paragraph ( 1 )foran eligible entity serving a community (such as a rural low-income community) that the eligible entity can demonstrate is signifi- cantly philanthropically underserved. ‘‘( j ) SUBGRANTS.— ‘‘(1) SUBGRANTS AUT H ORI Z ED.— A n eligible entity receiving a grant under subsection (d) is authorized to use the funds made available through the grant to award, on a competitive basis, subgrants to expand or replicate proven initiatives, or support new initiatives with a substantial li k elihood of success, to— ‘‘(A) community organizations serving low-income communities within the specific local geographical area described in the eligible entity’s application in accordance with subsection (g)(3)(A)
or ‘‘(B) community organizations addressing a specific issue area described in the eligible entity’s application in accordance with subsection (g)(3)(B), in low-income commu- nities in the geographical areas described in the applica- tion. ‘‘( 2 ) P ERIODS; AMOUNTS.—The eligible entity shall make such subgrants for periods of not less than 3 and not more than 5 years, and may renew the subgrants for such periods, in amounts of not less than $ 100,000 per year. ‘‘(3) A P PLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a subgrant from an eligible entity under this section, including receiving a payment for that subgrant each year, a community organiza- tion shall submit an application to an eligible entity that serves the specific local geographical area, or geographical areas, that the community organization proposes to serve, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the eligible entity may require, including— ‘‘(A) a description of the initiative the community organization carries out and plans to replicate or expand, or of the new initiative the community organization intends to support, using funds received from the eligible entity, and how the initiative relates to the issue areas in which the eligible entity has committed to work in the eligible entity’s application, in accordance with subsection (g)( 4 )(A); Defin i t i o n .
