Peninsula Open Space Trust
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Peninsula Open Space Trust
“Sand Hill Foundation has been there for POST since we were founded in the 1970s. Their partnership has been instrumental in shaping the balance of rural and urban spaces that make this region so extraordinary.”
— Walter Moore, President
The San Francisco Bay Area is unique, with many thriving commercial centers ringing the Bay and nestled alongside a large amount of protected open space. It’s part of what makes the Bay Area a great place to live and work. These landscapes keep our air and water fresh and clean, ensure that our myriad local species have room to roam and thrive, and that our landscapes stay resilient in the face of a changing climate. This balance of urban and rural landscapes is no accident though. It’s the product of decades of work by environmental groups, public and private funders, and environmental conservation organizations like Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST).
Sand Hill Foundation has been working with POST since its founding in 1977 when Tom Ford, the Foundation’s founder and environmentalist, provided POST with its very first office space. They shared a commitment to environmental preservation and began a relationship that has been strong ever since.
As a nonprofit land trust, POST protects open space on the Peninsula and in the South Bay for the benefit of all. Over the last 45+ years, they have helped to create a network of protected lands where people and nature can connect and thrive. They work to preserve land forever so that its natural benefits—like scenic beauty, clean air and water, locally grown food, and parks and preserves where people can connect with nature—are fully realized.
Headquartered in Palo Alto, POST’s unique and practical approach to land protection taps the power of both the private and public sectors. To date, they are responsible for preserving more than 87,000 acres of permanent open space and parkland in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties. These lands are now part of the National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, California State Parks, county and city parks, regional preserves, and private farmland. They are places of natural beauty and abundance that provide practical benefits to all in our region because taking care of the natural world around us means taking care of ourselves too.