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Peninsula Open Space Trust Grant
Organization - Peninsula Open Space Trust
Grant Amount - $2,300,000
Foundation - Moore Foundation
Grant Purpose - This grant will support the Peninsula Open Space Trust to permanently protect 1,047 acres of Mindego Hill, a highly visible and scenic ridge line in San Mateo County. The parcel will become part of the Russian Ridge Open Space Reserve and help create a strategic swath of open space containing nearly 33,000 acres, linking core wild lands for both wildlife habitat connectivity and plant dispersal, and adding recreational opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts.
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Land Trust of Santa Cruz County - $2,289,000 from the Moore Foundation - This grant to the Land Trust of Santa Cruz (the "Land Trust") will protect 189 acres of globally significant Sandhills habitat supporting a high concentration of endemic and rare species. The Land Trust has identified the highest value 700...
Sonoma Land Trust - $5,000,000 from the Moore Foundation - Sonoma Land Trust will use this grant to permanently protect 1,689 acres of upland riparian habitat in southern Sonoma County. The protected acres will become part of Tolay Lake Park and will complete a 6000 acre protected corridor adjacent to San...
Save Mount Diablo - $756,100 from the Moore Foundation - This grant will support Save Mt. Diablo to permanently protect the 320 acre Irish Canyon parcel, part of the Black Diamond Mines/Mt. Diablo Open Space Corridor in Contra Costa County. This acquisition is part of a landscape-level strategic effort to...
Hannah and Friends - $15,000 from the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County - Hannah & Friends has begun construction of a 31 acre residential setting for adults with developmental disabilities. The farm will feature up to 16 suburban-style homes, a recreational community center, working farm, pond, sledding hill and numerous...
German Marshall Fund of the United States - $1,000,000 from the Mott Foundation - The project goal is to: (1) support democratic governance and strengthen democratic political institutions in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, and parts of Russia; and (2) advance cross-border cooperation...
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