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Recipient organisation · UEI CYECHBDZEP85
Protectores de Cuencas Inc.
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USAspending records $13M in award obligations to Protectores de Cuencas Inc. (Yauco, PR) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024).
Protectores de Cuencas Inc. ranks 178 of 233 listed organisations located in PR by five-year obligations, and 23,280 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Commerce and Department of the Interior: 3 awards worth $9.9M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $4,270,524 | under $1.0M | $4,270,524 | — |
| FY2024 | $8,923,220 | under $1.0M | $8,923,220 | +109% |
| FY2025 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2026 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in state | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $13M | — | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | under $1.0M | — | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | — | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $13M | — | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 23,280 of 30,989 | — | 1 |
Largest in state: —. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Commerce | 2 | $8.4M | 85% |
| 2 | Department of the Interior | 1 | $1.5M | 15% |
Assistance programs listings
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 11.463 Habitat Conservation | $4.9M | 20 Jul 2023 | — | USAspending |
| Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 11.417 Sea Grant Support | $3.5M | 10 Sep 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Department of the InteriorU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 15.608 Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species | $1.5M | 11 Jan 2023 | — | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $4.9M, Department of Commerce, 20 Jul 2023: PROTECTORES DE CUENCAS WILL BE AWARDED $7.3M TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND REDUCE LAND-BASED SOURCES OF POLLUTION IN THE GU NICA BAY WATERSHED BY WORKING TO REST
- $3.5M, Department of Commerce, 10 Sep 2024: PURPOSE: THIS PROGRAM WILL DEVELOP NEW TRAINING CURRICULA AND IDENTIFY EXISTING TRAINING PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS SKILLS IDENTIFIED AS THOSE MOST NEEDED TO IMPROVE C
- $1.5M, Department of the Interior, 11 Jan 2023: NATIVE FISH AND SHRIMP SPECIES OF PUERTO RICO RELY ON A DIADROMOUS LIFE CYCLE THAT REQUIRES MIGRATION BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE SEA. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE P
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Protectores de Cuencas Inc. receive?
$13M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $4.3M; FY2024: $8.9M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Protectores de Cuencas Inc.?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Commerce ($8.4M) and Department of the Interior ($1.5M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Habitat Conservation (11.463), Sea Grant Support (11.417) and Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (15.608).
Where is the work performed?
Not available at the award level for this organisation.
Is Protectores de Cuencas Inc. a large federal recipient?
It ranks 23,280 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 178 of 233 located in PR. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.