section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 )). (C) An institution of higher education. (D) A nonprofit organization. (E) A farmer or rancher. (F) A consortium of any of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (E). (G) 1 or more of any of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (F), in coordination with a for-profit organization. (d) Loan guarantees (1) Amount (A) Cost share The Secretary may award a loan guarantee under this section in an amount that does not exceed 80 percent of the cost of a project that is eligible for assistance under this section, as determined by the Secretary. (B) Maximum The Secretary may not provide a loan guarantee under this section in an amount that exceeds $5,000,000. (2) Eligible entities The Secretary may award a loan guarantee under this section to a for-profit organization, farmer, or rancher that demonstrates successful prior experience in developing, managing, and marketing composting facilities. (e) Eligible Projects The Secretary may award grants and loan guarantees under this section for projects to carry out the following: (1) Composting facility or site permitting, planning, and construction. (2) Acquisition of machinery, equipment, and other physical necessities required to operate a composting facility, system, or program, except depackaging equipment. (3) Activities to increase the production capacity throughput of a composting facility. (4) Implementation of onsite composting systems and programs (such as home composting programs, community garden and urban farm composting, and other onsite composting systems at institutions, nonprofit organizations, and businesses). (5) Projects that are based on a distributed infrastructure strategy (such as a strategy that incorporates a mix or choice of home composting, farm and ranch composting, onsite composting, community-scale composting, or centralized commercial composting). (6) Collection of organic waste intended for processing at a composting facility or