The federal government allows certain entities mentioned above to act as a "Pass-through entity" that provides the federal assistance to another recipient. The Pass-through entity is still considered a recipient, but the assistance assigned to it may be "passed on" or "passed-through it" to another recipient. The entity that receives the assistance from a pass-through entity is a "sub-recipient". This is allowed because certain federal programs may not have the organizational structure to provide assistance directly to the final recipient and requires support from other entities.