a natural person, corporation, company, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group;

any governmental entity or instrumentality of a government, including a multilateral development institution (as defined in section 262r(c)(3) of this title); and

any successor, subunit, parent entity, or subsidiary of, or any entity under common ownership or control with, any entity described in subparagraph (A) or (B).

any State and any agency or instrumentality thereof;

any local government within a State, and any agency or instrumentality thereof;

any other governmental instrumentality of a State or locality; and

any public institution of higher education within the meaning of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).