How to obtain surplus government property to include things like pickup trucks and heavy equipment such as dump trucks.
There is a way for municipalities to obtain many different pieces of equipment from the US government. It is not just military (arm trucks) as some may think. It is also not just the fire dept. that can do this.It does require some effort on someone's part. It is not 100% free as there is usually some transportation cost involved depending on where it is located.
Eligible Organizations and Activities
The following activities are eligible to receive donations of federal property through the State Agencies for Surplus Property (SASP). SASPs are state-run organizations that coordinate the federal program for the donation of federal surplus property to public, tax-supported entities and eligible, private, nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations. Details on each category follow:- State and Public Agencies
- Nonprofit Educational and Public Health Activities, Including programs for the homeless and impoverished
- Nonprofit and Public Programs for the Elderly
- Public Airports
- Educational Activities of Special Interest to the Armed Services
- Special Categories
State and public agencies generally include:
- States, their departments, divisions, and other instrumentality.
- Political subdivisions of states, including cities, counties, and other local government units and economic development districts.
- Instrumentality created by compact or other agreements between state or political subdivisions.
- Indian tribes, bands, groups, pueblos, or communities located on state reservations.
- Instrumentality created by compact or other agreements between state or political subdivisions.
Nonprofit Educational and Public Health Activities, Including Programs for the Homeless and Impoverished
In order to obtain federal surplus property through donation, nonprofit educational and tax-exempt public health activities must intend to use the surplus personal property to aid education or public health, either directly or through research. Eligible organizations include:- Medical institutions;
- Hospitals;
- Clinics;
- Health centers;
- Historic light stations;
- Drug abuse treatment centers;
- Schools, colleges, and universities;
- Schools for persons with mental or physical disabilities;
- Child care centers;
- Educational radio and television stations licensed by the Federal Communication Commission;
- Museums attended by the public; and
- Free libraries serving all residents of a community, district, state, or region.
- Soup kitchens and day centers.
- Food banks that supply shelters and soup kitchens serving homeless and/or impoverished individuals.
- Overnight, daytime, and around-the-clock shelters helping homeless individuals, regardless of the cause or duration of the homelessness (includes shelters for battered spouses, abused children, and orphans and half-way houses for temporary residence of homeless parolees, recovered mental patients, and recovered substance abusers).
Appropriate programs include:
- Adult day care;
- Social services;
- Transportation services;
- Nutrition services;
- Legal services; and
- Multi-purpose senior centers.
In addition, public airports can, as public agencies, receive property donations through the State Agencies for Surplus Property (SASP).
Certain schools and the following national organizations are eligible to receive donations of Department of Defense (DoD) surplus property:
- American National Red Cross
- Armed Services YMCA of the USA
- 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.
- 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
- United Service Organizations, Inc.
- U.S. Olympic Committee
- Young Marines of the Marine Corps
- League/Marine Corps League
Individual units of the national organizations, such as Boy Scout or Girl Scout Troops and Red Cross Chapters, should contact their regional or national headquarters for guidance regarding the donation and use of DoD surplus property.
Schools with military training programs (such as military junior colleges, military institutes, high schools that 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 has provisions for donating special types and categories of surplus property. Examples of these programs include:
- Donations of forfeited distilled spirits, wine, and beer to charitable institutions for medicinal purposes.
- Donations of blood plasma and other property to the American National Red Cross for charitable purposes. Donations are limited to property identified as having been processed, produced or donated by the Red Cross to the federal government. This program is separate and distinct from the program under which the Red Cross may receive DoD surplus property as an SEA.
- Donations of surplus equipment and supplies to state and local governments for use in Presidentially declared emergencies or major disasters.
- 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 2015-02-26
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