Mission
From 2007 to 2017, Midpen supported academic research on Midpen lands through its Resource Management Grant Program, which awarded small grants to local researchers. In 2018, the Midpen Board of Directors approved the replacement of the prior grant program with the current Grantmaking Program to update the focus areas and increase beneficial impact by enhancing the investment made in the program. Midpen Grants Program staff are responsible for administering the Grantmaking Program in addition to seeking external grants that support Midpen projects.
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Creekside Science, a Los Gatos-based restoration organization focused on solution-based conservation, was selected as a Midpen grantee in 2021.
"Thanks to the Midpen grant program, we had the privilege of exploring a small sample of Midpen’s grasslands, from sunny Windy Hill to foggy La Honda Creek,” explained the organization’s Chief Scientist Stu Weiss. “Each field day was a voyage of discovery, as we searched for native grassland sites across north and south slopes, from dry ridge tops to swales, across fence lines between grazed and ungrazed areas.”
Follow along as a group of middle school students from San Jose experience nature and ocean views in a Midpen preserve, some for the first time. Grant partnerships like this one between Midpen and the local nonprofit organization Saved by Nature, are helping connect Bay Area youth with the physical, emotional and mental benefits of time spent in nature.
