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Coral Reef Alliance

Non-profit, environmental NGO

Coral Reef Alliance

Founded	1994 Berkeley, California
Type	Charitable organization
Focus	Environmentalism
Location	Oakland, California
Key people	Dr. Madhavi Colton, Executive Director[1][2]
Website	www.coral.org

The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) is an environmental non-profit, 501(c)(3) non-governmental organization based in Oakland, California that is dedicated to coral reef conservation. The organization was founded in 1994 by Stephen Colwell.^[3]

Programs[edit]

CORAL's work includes aquatic research, educating local communities, and building alliances with governments, agencies, research institutions, and other NGOs to protect coral reefs.^[4] CORAL also has a coral bleaching response network using high-resolution satellite images to monitor coral reefs and bleaching events.^[5] CORAL estimates that 90% of the world's coral reefs could undergo annual coral bleaching, and in a Nature Ecology and Evolution publication, predict that a significant portion of coral reefs may go extinct without further intervention.^[6]

CORAL operates at reef regions in Hawai'i (Hawai‘i Island and Maui), Honduras and Mexico to maintain clean water, healthy fisheries, and protected habitat.^[7] In a March 2023 interview with CORAL employee Javier Pizaña-Alonso, it was reported the organisation is planning to expand operations to Roatán, Honduras, and Belize as these are major cruise ship destinations with a large amount of reef tourism.^[8]

Finances[edit]

In the fiscal year of 2020, tax documents (IRS Form 990) show a total revenue of $4,056,840 and expenditure of $3,430,103.^[9] They are funded by individual donors, foundations, as well as corporate and government grants.^[10] In 2021, CORAL raised $4 million in total revenue. $1.3 million of this came from individual and corporate contributions, with the remaining $2.7 million coming from foundation and government grants.^[11]

See also[edit]

• Coral bleaching – Phenomenon where coral expel algae tissue
• Coral reef protection – Modifying human activities to reduce impact on coral reefs.

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