Restricted Funds
The Trust has three restricted funds: Special Places, Stewardship, and Community Gardens.
Special Places Fund
The Special Places Fund is our general capital fund. It is used to pay the direct costs, such as surveying and legal fees, of acquiring new preserves and easements. It is also the repository for any funds raised during a capital campaign and finances the initial costs of a major acquisition, such as a down payment, pending the success of the capital campaign. Contributions to this fund are especially welcome as they allow the Trust to build up its capacity to meet urgent deadlines when a special place is threatened by development.
Stewardship Fund
The Stewardship Fund is used to pay the direct costs of managing the Trust's preserves and monitoring and enforcing the Trust's easements. Generally, the Trust tries to use only the income from the Fund for its annual management and monitoring costs; but the entire principal is available to defend and enforce the Trust's easements. Whenever the Trust accepts a preserve or an easement, the donors are requested to make a contribution to the Fund sufficient to cover the long term costs of managing that preserve or monitoring and enforcing that easement.
Community Gardens Fund
The Community Gardens Fund is used to pay the direct costs of establishing and supporting whatever community gardens are created under the Community Gardens Program. While the Trust is not restricted from spending the principal, it plans to utilize just the income generated by the Fund in order to sustain the program for the long term.
Download the Print & Mail version of the Restricted Funds donation form.