Monte Azul Inc.

Monte Azul Inc., a non-profit organization based in Maricao, Puerto Rico, is a recipient of federal grants supporting rural economic development and small-business assistance in underserved communities, with all recent award activity concentrated in the Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services programs.

Monte Azul operates exclusively as a grant recipient and sub-recipient; the source records no federal contract prime or IDV awardees. The vendor's footprint comprises three federal awards totaling $498 thousand across a two-year period (2022–2023), all issued by the Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Business Development Grant program (CFDA 10.351). The two prime grants awarded to Monte Azul are a $128,000 Rural Business Development Grant (awarded July 27, 2022, completion July 27, 2024) to establish and operate a rural business incubator in Puerto Rico, and a $237,400 Rural Business Development Grant (awarded September 20, 2023, completion September 20, 2025) to fund technical assistance, business counseling, market research, workforce development, and revolving loan funds supporting small and emerging private businesses in rural Puerto Rico. As a sub-recipient, Monte Azul participated in an August 25, 2022 sub-award from The Reinvestment Fund, Inc., under the Healthy Food Financing Initiative Targeted Small Grants program, which channels capital investments into food retail and food system enterprises addressing access barriers in underserved rural and urban areas.

Award activity declined from two grants in 2022 to one in 2023, with no recorded awards beyond September 2023. The two prime-grant completions fall outside the active recompete window; the $237,400 award completes September 20, 2025.