Trust for Public Land

land conservation nonprofit

Trust for Public Land

Industry Environment

A national land-conservation nonprofit creating parks, trails, schoolyards, and public open space, especially where communities lack access to nature. Trust for Public Land scores well because the model leaves more value with stakeholders and the institution is less hostile to people with weak bargaining power, and no current penalty outweighs that structure.

Why this matters: Trust for Public Land is a strong positive case because its conservation work directly converts land and funding into public access rather than private amenity capture.

Letter grade A Good High confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1

Final Score 59* A - Good

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material51
Bonus+8
Cap66No structure cap
After Cap59
Penalties0
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Evaluation Overview

A - Good

The score turns mainly on Extraction; no penalty currently dominates the evaluation.

Strengths

  • Extraction8/10
  • Solidarity with the Unemployed7/7
  • Loss-Bearing Fidelity6/7

Penalties

  • No penalties applied in this version.

Evidence state

  • ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
  • ThoroughnessExhaustive (AI)
  • Linked claims14
  • Direct axis claims13
  • Coverage13/13

Scoring Axes

Axis Score Why this score
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.
5 / 10

Trust for Public Land is a nonprofit land-conservation organization rather than a shareholder-owned company.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass.

Linked evidence
  • Trust for Public Land is a nonprofit land-conservation organization rather than a shareholder-owned company. [1]
Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.
5 / 10

Trust for Public Land publishes organizational and annual-report materials for a professionally governed nonprofit.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass.

Linked evidence
  • Trust for Public Land publishes organizational and annual-report materials for a professionally governed nonprofit. [2]
Extraction
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Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.
8 / 10

Trust for Public Land directs resources toward parks, trails, schoolyards, and public open space rather than investor returns.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass.

Uncertainty
  • This axis would benefit from deeper internal-workplace evidence before human verification.
Linked evidence
  • Trust for Public Land directs resources toward parks, trails, schoolyards, and public open space rather than investor returns. [3]
  • context Trust for Public Land is a nonprofit land-conservation organization rather than a shareholder-owned company. [1]
  • context Trust for Public Land publishes organizational and annual-report materials for a professionally governed nonprofit. [2]
Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.
5 / 7

Trust for Public Land is a professional nonprofit with ordinary staff agency, not worker ownership.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass.

Uncertainty
  • This axis would benefit from deeper internal-workplace evidence before human verification.
Linked evidence
  • Trust for Public Land is a professional nonprofit with ordinary staff agency, not worker ownership. [4]
  • context Trust for Public Land is a nonprofit land-conservation organization rather than a shareholder-owned company. [1]
  • context Trust for Public Land publishes organizational and annual-report materials for a professionally governed nonprofit. [2]
Solidarity with the Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.
7 / 7

Trust for Public Land explicitly works on public parks and nature access that benefit residents regardless of employment or purchasing power.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass.

Uncertainty
  • This axis would benefit from deeper internal-workplace evidence before human verification.
Linked evidence
  • Trust for Public Land explicitly works on public parks and nature access that benefit residents regardless of employment or purchasing power. [5]
  • context Trust for Public Land is a nonprofit land-conservation organization rather than a shareholder-owned company. [1]
  • context Trust for Public Land publishes organizational and annual-report materials for a professionally governed nonprofit. [2]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.
6 / 7

Trust for Public Land bears land, finance, planning, and partnership burdens to create public access.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass.

Uncertainty
  • This axis would benefit from deeper internal-workplace evidence before human verification.
Linked evidence
  • Trust for Public Land bears land, finance, planning, and partnership burdens to create public access. [6]
  • context Trust for Public Land is a nonprofit land-conservation organization rather than a shareholder-owned company. [1]
  • context Trust for Public Land publishes organizational and annual-report materials for a professionally governed nonprofit. [2]
Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
5 / 5

Trust for Public Land does not operate through consumer lock-in or rent extraction.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass.

Uncertainty
  • This axis would benefit from deeper internal-workplace evidence before human verification.
Linked evidence
  • Trust for Public Land does not operate through consumer lock-in or rent extraction. [7]
  • context Trust for Public Land is a nonprofit land-conservation organization rather than a shareholder-owned company. [1]
  • context Trust for Public Land publishes organizational and annual-report materials for a professionally governed nonprofit. [2]
Product Integrity
?
Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
5 / 5

Trust for Public Land core output is public land access, parks, trails, and community open space.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass.

Linked evidence
  • Trust for Public Land core output is public land access, parks, trails, and community open space. [8]
  • context Trust for Public Land is a nonprofit land-conservation organization rather than a shareholder-owned company. [1]
  • context Trust for Public Land publishes organizational and annual-report materials for a professionally governed nonprofit. [2]
Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
5 / 5

Trust for Public Land national scale can replicate public-access conservation across communities.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass.

Linked evidence
  • Trust for Public Land national scale can replicate public-access conservation across communities. [9]
  • context Trust for Public Land is a nonprofit land-conservation organization rather than a shareholder-owned company. [1]
  • context Trust for Public Land publishes organizational and annual-report materials for a professionally governed nonprofit. [2]

Penalties

No penalties applied in this version.

Bonus Credits

Bonus Credit Why this credit
Openness to Dissent
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Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.
1 / 3

Trust for Public Land the organization creates or protects dissent against concentrated institutional or industrial power.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass.

Linked evidence
  • Trust for Public Land the organization creates or protects dissent against concentrated institutional or industrial power. [10]
Constitutional Spirit
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Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms even where private law does not strictly require it.
2 / 3

Trust for Public Land the organization uses rights, courts, public process, or civil-society advocacy to constrain stronger institutions.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass.

Linked evidence
  • Trust for Public Land the organization uses rights, courts, public process, or civil-society advocacy to constrain stronger institutions. [11]
Good Deal
?
Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
3 / 3

Trust for Public Land creates durable public assets whose benefits are not limited to paying customers.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass.

Linked evidence
  • Trust for Public Land creates durable public assets whose benefits are not limited to paying customers. [12]
Cost Transparency
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Credit for clear posted prices, all-in fees, unit costs, public rate cards, margin/cost visibility, or surplus-allocation transparency, especially in markets where opaque quotes, hidden fees, or individualized pricing are normal.
2 / 3

Trust for Public Land the organization publishes meaningful financial, annual-report, or accountability materials.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass.

Linked evidence
  • Trust for Public Land the organization publishes meaningful financial, annual-report, or accountability materials. [13]

Confidence Basis

Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

High 83/100

14 verified linked claims 13 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 13/13 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 15/20

14 verified linked claims

Source quality 16/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 14/18

13 direct claims across 13 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 10/10

13/13 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending
VerificationUnverified
ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessExhaustive (AI)
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Claims and Sources

Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
1Trust for Public Land is a nonprofit land-conservation organization rather than a shareholder-owned company.

Ownership Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

2Trust for Public Land publishes organizational and annual-report materials for a professionally governed nonprofit.

Governance Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

3Trust for Public Land directs resources toward parks, trails, schoolyards, and public open space rather than investor returns.

Extraction Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

4Trust for Public Land is a professional nonprofit with ordinary staff agency, not worker ownership.

Labor Sovereignty Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

5Trust for Public Land explicitly works on public parks and nature access that benefit residents regardless of employment or purchasing power.

Solidarity Unemployed Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

6Trust for Public Land bears land, finance, planning, and partnership burdens to create public access.

Loss Bearing Fidelity Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

7Trust for Public Land does not operate through consumer lock-in or rent extraction.

Market Conduct Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

8Trust for Public Land core output is public land access, parks, trails, and community open space.

Product Integrity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

9Trust for Public Land national scale can replicate public-access conservation across communities.

Scale Integrity Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

10Trust for Public Land the organization creates or protects dissent against concentrated institutional or industrial power.

Openness To Dissent Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

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11Trust for Public Land the organization uses rights, courts, public process, or civil-society advocacy to constrain stronger institutions.

Constitutional Spirit Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

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12Trust for Public Land creates durable public assets whose benefits are not limited to paying customers.

Good Deal Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

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13Trust for Public Land the organization publishes meaningful financial, annual-report, or accountability materials.

Cost Transparency Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

14Trust for Public Land's public materials state a mission, values, ownership model, advocacy role, or institutional standpoint plainly enough that this record does not identify penalty-level neutrality theater.

Ideological Disavowal Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

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