Sonora Environmental Research Institute, Inc.

Sonora Environmental Research Institute, Inc. (doing business as Seri), a woman-owned nonprofit based in Tucson, Arizona, operates as a federal grant recipient (96% of recent awards) focused on environmental research, community health, and fair housing enforcement in underserved Southwestern communities. The organization has served the Tucson metropolitan area for over twenty-nine years and holds a 29-year track record of community engagement in environmental justice and public health initiatives.

Seri's grant portfolio spans multiple federal agencies and program areas. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity has awarded six grants, including a $125 thousand project grant (CFDA 14.417) issued February 15, 2026 for fair housing organization initiatives running through February 14, 2027, and earlier awards under the same program. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued five awards, including a $124,075.54 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (CFDA 97.044) issued September 27, 2025 for fire prevention and safety programming running through September 26, 2027. The Environmental Protection Agency has funded five grant awards focused on environmental health and community action. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Environmental Health funded a project grant issued September 30, 2023 for community action to prevent lead poisoning in designated high-risk zip codes within Pima County, running through September 29, 2026. The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued three awards. Seri also received a $100 thousand project grant from NASA's Shared Services Center (21-EEJ21-0014) issued July 27, 2022 to study Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) and Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) precipitation estimates in an arid environmental justice area of Tucson, scheduled completion May 31, 2024. The Bureau of Reclamation funded a rainwater harvesting expansion project (issued June 9, 2023, completion December 31, 2024) in partnership with Tucson Water, targeting fifty 1,500-gallon cisterns for low-income households. Seri also serves as a sub-recipient under the University of Arizona on the Western Environmental Science Technical Assistance Center for Environmental Justice (WEST EJ Center) grant.

The organization's core capabilities center on environmental research, fair housing compliance and enforcement, community health and lead poisoning prevention, fire prevention and safety education, and water conservation in low-income and minority communities. Seri operates almost entirely as a prime grant recipient rather than a contractor; the combined $4.4 million obligated across all awards substantially exceeds the $100 thousand in stated potential value, reflecting the organization's focus on fully executed grant performance rather than open procurement. Three awards face completion within the next twenty-four months and carry recompete potential.