Puerto Rico · Nonprofit
PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC
PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC (Puerto Rico) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,000 to it, the largest being JOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC ($12,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $22k
- Net assets
- $3.7M
What Puerto Rico Manufacturing Extension Primex Inc does
Mission
Innovation and growth strategies, improve processes and systems, cybersecurity, commercialization, lean production, workforce training, supply chain optimization, exporting, among others.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Puerto Rico Manufacturing Extension Inc. (PRiMEX) is a private non-profit organization, organized in 1996 through the initiative of Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO) and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program under the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). As part of a national network, PRiMEX supports the needs of all Puerto Rico's small and medium enterprises (SME's) by providing services to improve their technical know-how and business processes.
$2,294,446 spentof which $1,146,617 as grants$1,146,617 earned by the program90% of program spendingTThe project benefits small and medium companies located in eleven (11) rural municipalities of Puerto Rico with access to PRiMEX's proven industry-tested business methodologies, resources, and tools. The project focuses first on an assessment of the business to identify gaps and areas for improvement related to focus areas with the goal of reducing the gaps and making them more competitive and resilient.
$49,874 spentof which $49,874 as grants$49,874 earned by the program2% of program spendingThe Supply Chain program seeks to encourage and help all small businesses to optimize their supply chain with access to an exclusive database to connect with the different suppliers on the island. The program seeks to identify the capabilities and needs of companies that purchase products outside of Puerto Rico, to provide them with a tool to obtain local products and identify where they are located. It also helps to explore a detailed electronic map of manufacturing in Puerto Rico so that small businesses can connect with other entrepreneurs on the island.
$137,392 spentof which $137,392 as grants$136,937 earned by the program5% of program spendingThe National Food Safety Training, Education, Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance Program will award grants that increase the understanding and adoption of established food safety standards, guidance, and protocols. This program will be carried out in a manner that facilitates the integration of food safety standards and guidance with a variety of agricultural production and processing systems, including conventional, sustainable, organic, and conservation and environmental practices carried out by the eligible entities.
$60,000 spentof which $60,000 as grants$60,000 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,541,712.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $3.2M to $4.2M (+31%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 48% · 2021 60% · 2022 47% · 2023 41% · 2024 51% · 2025 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Ramon Vega
Executive Director
Board chair
Felipe Hernandez
Chair BOD
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Puerto Rico, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC
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In Puerto Rico
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC?
- PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC (Puerto Rico) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,000 to it, the largest being JOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC ($12,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $22,000 in grants to PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC.
- Who is the largest funder of PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC?
- JOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PRIMEX INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Puerto Rico. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing