### Question
How is the term sponsor defined?


### Answer
The term **sponsor** is defined in *40 U.S.C. § 8902* as the following:

> a public agency, or an individual, group or organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code, and which is authorized by Congress to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs

#### Citation:
  - *40 U.S.C. § 8902*
  - Heading: **SUBTITLE II-PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS > PART D-PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA > CHAPTER 89-NATIONAL CAPITAL MEMORIALS AND COMMEMORATIVE WORKS**

