Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Inc.

Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Inc., doing business as Crcd, is a Puerto Rico-based non-profit community development corporation that serves as a prime recipient of federal grants for forest and land management, ecological restoration, wildfire risk reduction, and community workforce development in Puerto Rico. Crcd operates exclusively as a grant recipient rather than a prime or subcontractor on federal contracts, with no IDC participation and no contract vehicle placements.

Crcd's customer base concentrates entirely within the Department of Agriculture, which accounts for 100% of eight grants recorded in the source. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry Jardin Botanico Sur (based in Puerto Rico) is the dominant funding source, with six grants totaling work on invasive Caribbean pine management, forest health protection, urban and community forestry, and community wildfire planning. The National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities and the Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office each contributed one award. Combined federal obligations across all eight grants total $16.1 million.

Representative grant work spans forest restoration, geospatial research, and workforce development. Crcd received a $7 million Inflation Reduction Act Urban and Community Forestry Program grant (CFDA 10.727) running through June 2029 for urban forestry planning, tree planting, ecosystem restoration, and educational outreach focused on environmental justice in underserved Puerto Rico communities. The National Science Foundation awarded $231,652 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on September 1, 2025, for a collaborative research project addressing invasive Caribbean pine management and wildfire risk reduction through high-resolution drone and satellite imagery analysis, machine learning forecasting, and regional resilience innovation incubator development supporting STEM workforce training. The Forest Service awarded $119,950 on July 22, 2026, under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) for silvicultural thinning and wood harvesting in Maricao State Forest to remove overstocked invasive pine stands, reduce hazardous fuels, and promote native forest regeneration. Crcd also received a $130,009 grant from September 2022 to August 2024 for integrating urban agroforestry systems within the Rio Hondo Community Forest, and a $7,000,000 grant for climate-smart coffee and cacao market expansion in Puerto Rico closed in April 2025.

All work is performed in Puerto Rico with administrative oversight at Crcd's Sabana Grande headquarters. Four awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and face potential recompete. Activity volume has grown from one award in 2022 to three in 2024, with two awards in 2025 and one in 2026, indicating sustained federal engagement in forest health and community development programming concentrated in Puerto Rico's subtropical ecosystems.