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The Trust has also promoted the need for heritage preservation legislation in Nova Scotia, and provides input on legislative policy at the municipal and provincial levels. Through research reports, the Trust has facilitated heritage designation of more than 100 buildings throughout the province.

The Bras d’Or Preservation Nature Trust partners with private landowners, organizations and communities to conserve and protect ecologically important habitat through land donation, purchase, and conservation easements. It was the first “designated conservation organization” under the then newly enacted Nova Scotia Conservation Easements Act in 1993. The Bras d’Or Preservation Nature Trust is a registered charity with the Canadian Revenue Agency, able to issue tax deductible receipts for donations and gifts. The organization is governed by a voluntary Board of Directors. The Bras d'Or Preservation Nature Trust also sponsors the Bras d'Or Lakes and Watershed Interpretive Centre in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, as part of its mission to increase public awareness of the ecology of the Bras d'Or and the need for conservation within the watershed.

The Cape Cod Modern House Trust (CCMHT) was founded to collect, archive, and share documentation of the Outer Cape’s exceptional modern architecture, restore a group of important, endangered modern houses, and relaunch those houses as platforms for new creative work.

AS THE LEADING NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN PHILANTHROPIC PARTNER OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DEDICATED TO RESTORING, ENRICHING AND PRESERVING THE NATIONAL MALL, THE TRUST BRINGS EXPERTISE, PRIVATE FUNDING AND IN-KIND SUPPORT TO TIME-SENSITIVE RESTORATION AND SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS, MOBILIZES VOLUNTEERS AND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT THE NATIONAL MALL ENDURES AND EVOLVES AS A VIBRANT SPACE FOR ALL. WITH OVER 36 MILLION VISITS ANNUALLY TO THE NATIONAL MALL, COMBINED WITH AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE NEED FOR BETTER VISITOR AMENITIES THROUGHOUT THE PARK, THE TRUST IS HELPING THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TACKLE THE MORE THAN $800 MILLION NEEDED FOR CRITICAL REPAIRS AND MODERNIZED IMPROVEMENTS.