Official non-profit registered charitable partner to the National Park Service at Sandy Hook. The Sandy Hook Foundation (SHF) is the official friends group of the National Park Service at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, a unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. Since its founding in 1989, the Foundation has supported a variety of wellness, cultural, educational, environmental, and conservation programs and projects. The Foundation has also restored and preserved historic structures including the Lighthouse Keepers’ Quarters adjacent to the Sandy Hook Lighthouse (the United States’ oldest continually operating lighthouse, c.1764), and the History House Museum, a living history museum. Both fall within Fort Hancock, a National Historic Landmark.