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🦎 With Moore Foundation support, @inaturalist.bsky.social has become a global force in #CommunityScience — turning smartphone photos from more than 9 million users into research-grade biodiversity data, advancing conservation around the world. 📱🌱

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September 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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🌱 Transparency matters. ‪@trase.earth, launched by‬ @globalcanopy.org and @sei.org in 2015 with our support, maps global supply chains for forest-risk commodities like soy, palm oil and beef — tracking and linking data to environmental impact. 🌎

Learn more ➡️ trase.earth

#Moore25 #Deforestation
July 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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We’re grateful for the partners and grantees whose dedication and insight make meaningful progress possible. Thank you for all you do. We look forward to what we can continue to accomplish together. #Moore25
25 years of impact thanks to partners like you!
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Forever Costa Rica helps Costa Rica build and sustain a national level network of terrestrial and marine protected areas with a stable source of funding. Since launching in 2010, it has engaged 90+ protected areas and launched hundreds of community-based projects. 🌎 💚

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August 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Since 2004, we’ve invested in 20+ open-access projects to advance cutting-edge DNA sequencing technologies that are unlocking nature’s ecological mysteries and improving our understanding of the evolution of life.

#Moore25 #SciencePhilanthropy

📸: @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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In 2014, inspired by Gordon Moore’s own childhood experiences, we partnered with @society4science.bsky.social to reimagine the chemistry set. The goal was simple: ignite curiosity in the next generation through hands-on exploration. 👩‍🔬

Learn more ➡️ www.societyforscience.org/blog/winners...

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September 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Identidad Madidi — a Moore Foundation-supported series of expeditions in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park — investigated 14 habitats spanning 6K meters from the Andes to the Amazon in one of Earth’s most biodiverse protected areas.

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#Moore25 #Philanthropy
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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📡 The Moore Foundation enabled the global Event Horizon Telescope by supporting development of ultrafast data acquisition electronics that made it possible to link telescopes around the world to create an Earth-sized virtual observatory capable of imaging #BlackHoles.

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Early funding transformed a scientific dream into reality
On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, black holes were transformed from an abstraction to reality when the Event Horizon Telescope presented the first-ever image of a b…
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November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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⚖️ In this insightful interview from The Future of Amazonia symposium, César Ipenza, an environmental lawyer and university professor, stresses the urgent need to strengthen environmental governance to ensure the long-term viability of the Amazon.

#AmazonConservation #Moore25 #Philanthropy
The Future of Amazonia Reflections: César Ipenza
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October 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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🔍 What’s smaller than a notebook, costs less than a backpack, and lets you explore the hidden world around you? 🧐

🔬Foldscope, an origami-style microscope with ≥340X magnification, created by a @stanford.edu team, reveals everything from pond critters to pollen grains. 🌼 🐜

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Foldscope Paper Microscopes | Portable Microscopes
Foldscope makes science more accessible. Our foldable paper microscopes are low-cost devices that bring the wonders of the microscopic world to all.
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August 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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At The Future of Amazonia, a symposium we hosted in May, Adriana Ramos (@socioambiental.org‬‬‬‬) emphasized the need for Indigenous-led territory management and conservation as the most effective means of protecting the Amazon. 🌳
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The Future of Amazonia Reflections: Adriana Ramos, Instituto Socioambiental
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September 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Our Data-Driven Discovery Initiative advanced transparent, reproducible research — uniting academic institutions, funders and scientific associations — and filled a critical gap through investment in quality, user-friendly tools that enable reliable, accessible science.

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Lessons from our work in data-driven science
The Data-Driven Discovery Initiative was initially approved in 2012 by the Moore Foundation’s board of trustees to explore ways of accelerating research that us…
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December 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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We're grateful for wonderful organizations like @sftrees.bsky.social who help connect our community with nature and care for our #urbanforests. 💚

Thank you for having us for our #MooreService. A great way to celebrate #Moore25!
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Last week volunteers from @moorefound.bsky.social celebrated their 25th anniversary 🎉 by planting 14 trees at Tule Elk Park Early Education School! Huge thanks to the Foundation, the School, Miss Erica (one of the teachers) & SFUSD for making this planting happen 💚! #urbanforestry #urbanforests
Thirteen smiling volunteers and staff by a newly planted tree. Two photos. Seven smiling volunteers and staff by a newly planted tree with their arms outstretched. Three volunteers working on tree supports. Students and adults watch volunteers use a stake pounder to drive a tree stake into the earth.
April 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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💧 With Moore Foundation support, Stanford U. researchers pioneered a method for imaging California’s groundwater based on surface, airborne and satellite measurements — prompting the state to invest more than $10M in mapping aquifers throughout the Central Valley.

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📸: State of California
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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🌊 Where the Russian River meets the Pacific, you’ll find Jenner Headlands: 5,600+ acres of protected coastal prairie, forest and wildlife species.

We supported its acquisition in 2009, and the opening of its Gateway for public access in 2018. 🥾

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Gateway to the Jenner Headlands Preserve provides public access to breathtaking views on the Sonoma Coast
Located two miles north of the town of Jenner along the stunning Sonoma coast is the Gateway to the Jenner Headlands Preserve. Visitors to the Sonoma coast now …
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July 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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🔥 The Western Fire & Forest Resilience Collaborative is tackling unanswered questions about ecologically beneficial fire, and about the fastest moving and most destructive wildfires in the Western U.S. This effort is deepening our understanding of fire behavior and how to build resilience.

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September 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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🩺 Established in March 2009, the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at @ucdavis.bsky.social was launched through a $100 million commitment from the Moore Foundation, in honor of our founder Betty Irene Moore’s commitment to patient care, quality nursing care and education.

#Moore25 #PatientCare
August 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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🌿 Moore Foundation grantees are driving transformative conservation across the Amazon through innovative Project Finance for Permanence initiatives in Colombia, Peru and Brazil. These efforts are securing the future of the Amazon rainforest.

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#Moore25
December 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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🌎As we wrap up #EarthMonth we honor our founder’s legacy: tackling significant environmental challenges with scientific rigor, long-term dedication, and a vision for lasting impact. Their belief in the power of science & thoughtful inquiry remains at the heart of our mission. #conservation #moore25
Creating positive outcomes for future generations
April 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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🌿 The Integrated Legacy of the Amazonian Region (LIRA) project aims to secure long-term conservation gains in the Brazilian Amazon while ensuring its communities and ecosystems can thrive together.

Learn more about LIRA’s positive impacts in the Amazon ➡️ www.moore.org/article-deta...

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December 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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In this interview from The Future of Amazonia symposium, Lilian Painter, Bolivia program director at @wcs.org, highlights the crucial role Indigenous communities play in advancing conservation efforts across the Amazon.

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#Moore25 #EnvironmentalConservation
The Future of Amazonia Reflections: Lilian Painter, Wildlife Conservation Society
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October 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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What if every wildfire on Earth could be detected in real time? 🔥

🛰️ That’s the goal of FireSat, a constellation of multispectral infrared imaging satellites led by Earth Fire Alliance + Muon Space. FireSat launched its first satellite in March 2025 and plans to deploy another 50+ by 2030.

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October 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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🛰️ In 2013, with our support, Greg Asner and his team at the Global Airborne Observatory launched CLASlite Classroom, a collection of free and open-to-the-public advanced forest monitoring tools — enabling people to monitor forests globally. 🌳

Learn more about the tools ➡️ tr.ee/7M90Lb

#Moore25
December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Teams from Cal Academy, Chabot, the Exploratorium, The Tech Interactive & the Lawrence Hall of Science joined the conversation to discuss shared challenges and future opportunities. #Moore25 #BayArea #InformalScience

We’re grateful for their insights.
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As part of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s 25th anniversary symposium series, staff from across the Bay Area's five largest science museums — Californi…
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December 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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In 2004, @theihi.bsky.social launched its 100,000 Lives Campaign — a bold push to reduce preventable deaths in U.S. hospitals. The results?
🏥 3,000+ hospitals joined
🩺 Six proven clinical steps
⚕️ 122,300 lives saved

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Hospitals participating in 100,000 Lives Campaign have saved an estimated 122,300 lives
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) announced today that U.S. hospitals taking part in an unprecedented 18-month effort to prevent 100,000 unnecessar…
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July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM