$100 Million In Gifts To Preserve Rare Coastline

Peninsula Open Space Trust, a private non-profit group is awarded two gifts of $50 million each to preserve scenic land along California's coast.

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April 20, 2001, 9:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

More than 20,000 acres of open space on the San Mateo County coast will be preserved as part of a massive land conservation effort funded by what are believed to be the largest grants ever made to a local land trust.Peninsula Open Space Trust, a private non-profit group based in Menlo Park, announced Wednesday that its $200 million campaign will be partially funded with two gifts of $50 million each from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.... The land is the only remaining undeveloped coastline next to a major metropolitan area left in the world, said Audrey Rust, president of the trust."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: $100 million in 2 gifts boosts open-space goal

Thursday, April 19, 2001 in San Jose Mercury News

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