The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California, that partners with local reef communities around the world to protect coral reefs. CORAL was founded in Berkeley, California, in 1994 by Stephen Colwell,and is currently headed by Dr. Michael Webster.With 19% of the world's coral reefs already destroyed and another 35% at immediate risk or threatened due to human pressures,organizations like CORAL are addressing an urgent need.