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Peru's Natural Legacy – for everyone, and forever

In May 2019, after five years of collaboration and negotiation, the “Patrimonio Natural del Peru” partnership announced that its funding goal of $140 million had been met, securing the country’s ability to expand and manage 41.6 million acres of Peruvian Amazon. To ensure conservation of these ecosystems and the biodiversity that needs them to thrive, securing long-term funding and effective management for the country’s national parks is critical. Patrimonio Natural del Perú, or “National Parks: Peru’s Natural Legacy,” succeeds in achieving that and establishes a global model for the rest of the world.

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Early funding transformed a scientific dream into reality

Over the last ten years, radio astronomers have dreamed of imaging the central black hole in our galaxy and nearby galaxies. They knew that technical improvements would make it feasible to achieve this dream. We first learned about this work in 2012 and began making a series of medium-sized grants to a leader of the world-wide collaboration later dubbed the Event Horizon Telescope. These grants supported equipment to record the signals from each radio telescope in the array and people to construct an image from those signals. These early grants pushed the billion-dollar investments in radio telescopes over the threshold to see a black hole for the first time and to measure its diameter as a test of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity.

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Shift in measurement of patient-provider relationships leads to new Medicare payment model

The number of older Americans is growing rapidly. While medical advances have allowed many older adults to live longer, healthier lives, many are also living with multiple chronic conditions that are likely to lead to a slow deterioration over time. The Moore Foundation saw an opportunity to improve the quality of care in the community for high-need seriously ill patients. Our support of several key partners and projects ultimately led to a game-changing new serious illness payment model from Medicare.

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Preservation of Coyote Ridge provides crucial land conservation near San Jose

Since 2014, the Moore Foundation has worked with local organizations to preserve the unique Coyote Ridge. Located just minutes south of San Jose, Coyote Ridge sits between the Santa Cruz mountains to the west and Diablo range to the East. The preservation of this land area maintains important biodiversity and watershed while also providing sustainable public access to Bay Area residents and visitors.

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