Sail For Reefs Inc.

Sail For Reefs Inc., a Puerto Rico-based nonprofit minority-owned and Hispanic American-owned organization, is a federal grant recipient providing coral reef conservation and restoration support services to U.S. Caribbean jurisdictions. The organization operates as a supporting entity and sub-recipient on cooperative agreements and sub-grants from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, with no federal contracting prime position or contract vehicle seat.

Sail For Reefs' federal footprint is concentrated entirely within the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with all four tracked awards under that single customer. The vendor holds one prime cooperative agreement under NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CFDA 11.482) and functions as a sub-recipient on three federal grant sub-awards channeled through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The prime cooperative agreement, awarded February 1, 2025, carries $100,000 in funding and runs through January 31, 2027; its stated objectives are to establish coral reef stewardship partnerships for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, develop jurisdiction-specific coral reef action plans, and facilitate a learning exchange in support of the Coral Reefs Conservation Act of 2000. Sail For Reefs serves as a supporting partner to the jurisdictions, facilitating their leadership of planning and partnership-development processes on an agreed timeline.

As a sub-recipient, Sail For Reefs has engaged in three sub-grant projects under the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's management, all focused on San Juan Metro Reef restoration and coastal resilience in northern Puerto Rico. These include reef assessment and viability testing for future large-scale restoration (June 2024 and January 2026 sub-awards), and finalization of permitting and planning for the eastern segment of the San Juan Barrier Reef with establishment of a land-based coral nursery (July 2025 sub-award). The organization's combined federal obligated dollars across all four awards total $1.6 million. Activity has grown modestly—one award in 2024, two in 2025, one in 2026—with one award completing within the next twenty-four months and therefore facing potential recompete.