Funding search · EIN 133200329 · New York, NY

The Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

254
grants reported
$40.5M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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  • Wildlife Conservation Society20 grants · $6.1M
  • Heart of the Rockies4 grants · $5.2M
  • Rewild13 grants · $4.4M
  • Maliasili Initiatives11 grants · $2.7M
  • Greater Yellowstone Coalition8 grants · $2.5M
  • Wildlife Conservation Network7 grants · $2.1M
  • Makeway Foundation5 grants · $1.2M
  • The Nature Conservancy8 grants · $1.1M
  • African Conservation Centre-US8 grants · $973,200
  • Pams Foundation5 grants · $967,078

Giving over time

$11.3M
2022
$19.7M
2023
$9.5M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 254 grants.

  • $3.3M

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2022

    Belize: maya forest corridor phase 2

  • $1.9M

    Heart of the Rockies · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Keep it connected initiative

  • $1.1M

    Heart of the Rockies · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Keep it connected initiative

  • $1.1M

    Heart of the Rockies · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Keep it connected initiative

  • $1.1M

    Heart of the Rockies · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Keep it connected initiative

  • $654,565

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Leuser ecosystem program, phase 2, indonesia (year 1 of 3)

  • $654,565

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Leuser ecosystem program, phase 2, indonesia (year 1 of 3)

  • $640,888

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Leuser ecosystem program, phase 2, indonesia (year 2 of 3)

  • $501,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Fundacin proyecto tit, colombia

  • $501,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Fundacin proyecto tit, colombia

  • $500,000

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2024

    Maliasili conservation fund (year 3 of 4)

  • $500,000

    Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    Crevice mountain mine project

  • $500,000

    Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    Crevice mountain mine project

  • $500,000

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2023

    Maliasili conservation fund (year 2 of 4)

  • $500,000

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2023

    Maliasili conservation fund (year 2 of 4)

  • $500,000

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2022

    Maliasili conservation fund (year 1 of 4)

  • $500,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Indonesia: community-based conservation to protect the leuser ecosystem

  • $475,814

    Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    Crevice mountain mine project - challenge grant

  • $475,814

    Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    Crevice mountain mine project - challenge grant

  • $416,065

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Community-based conservation & fire management in the maya forest, belize & guatemala (year 1of3)

  • $416,065

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Community-based conservation & fire management in the maya forest, belize & guatemala (year 1of3)

  • $400,000

    Wild Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024

    Indigenous-led initiative (year 2 of 3)

  • $400,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Spectacled bear conservation challenge grant, northern peru

  • $400,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Indonesia: protected area and biodiversity fund (year 1 of 2)

  • $325,000

    Mica Group · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Advancing indigenous-led conservation through the restoration of iinnii

  • $325,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Thailand: wefcom program (year 1 of 3)

  • $320,000

    Makeway Foundation · 2022

    Canada: indigenous-led conservation initiatives (year 1 of 3)

  • $315,000

    Universidad San Francisco De Quito · 2024

    Biodiversity conservation, connectivity, and restoration in the ecuadorian andes (tandanyapa payment 2 of 3)

  • $300,000

    Makeway Foundation · 2024

    Indigenous-led conservation initiatives, canada (year 3 of 3)

  • $300,000

    Makeway Foundation · 2023

    Indigenous-led conservation initiatives, canada (year 2 of 3)

  • $300,000

    Makeway Foundation · 2023

    Indigenous-led conservation initiatives, canada (year 2 of 3)

  • $257,305

    Pams Foundation · Eureka, CA · 2022

    Tanzania: ruvuma elephant project (yr 3 of 3)

  • $250,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Wefcom program, thailand (year 3 of 3)

  • $250,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Wefcom program, thailand (year 2 of 3)

  • $250,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Wefcom program, thailand (year 2 of 3)

  • $230,000

    Wild Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023

    Indigenous-led initiative (year 1 of 3)

  • $230,000

    Wild Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023

    Indigenous-led initiative (year 1 of 3)

  • $229,139

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Community-based conservation & fire management in the maya forest, belize/guatemala (year 2 of 3)

  • $225,000

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024

    Rewilding argentina: community conservation, northern argentina (year 1 of 3)

  • $221,655

    Pams Foundation · Eureka, CA · 2023

    Tanzania: ruvuma elephant project (year 1 of 3)

  • $221,655

    Pams Foundation · Eureka, CA · 2023

    Tanzania: ruvuma elephant project (year 1 of 3)

  • $220,000

    African Conservation Centre-US · Boulder, CO · 2023

    Amboseli conservation program

  • $220,000

    African Conservation Centre-US · Boulder, CO · 2023

    Amboseli conservation program

  • $219,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Coastal patagonia, argentina (year 2 of 3)

  • $219,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Coastal patagonia, argentina (year 1 of 3)

  • $219,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Coastal patagonia, argentina (year 1 of 3)

  • $219,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Argentina: coast of patagonia

  • $216,463

    Pams Foundation · Eureka, CA · 2024

    Ruvuma elephant project, tanzania (year 2 of 3) + supplemental grant

  • $204,400

    Friends of Birdlife International · New York, NY · 2023

    Aves argentinas, ansenuza national park (year 1 of 3)

  • $204,400

    Friends of Birdlife International · New York, NY · 2023

    Aves argentinas, ansenuza national park (year 1 of 3)

  • $200,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Blackfeet conservation program, montana (year 2 of 3)

  • $200,000

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2023

    Rewilding argentina (year 3)

  • $200,000

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2023

    Rewilding argentina (year 3)

  • $200,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Blackfeet conservation program, montana (year 1 of 3)

  • $200,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Blackfeet conservation program, montana (year 1 of 3)

  • $200,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Khoun xe nong ma protected area, laos (year 1 of 3)

  • $200,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Khoun xe nong ma protected area, laos (year 1 of 3)

  • $200,000

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2022

    Argentina: rewilding argentina (yr 2 of 3)

  • $198,914

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Niassa carnivore project-phase 2, mozambique (year 1 of 3)

  • $192,200

    African Conservation Centre-US · Boulder, CO · 2024

    Amboseli conservation program

  • $176,200

    Aves Argentinas · 2024

    Ansenuza national park, argentina (year 2 of 3)

  • $170,000

    Mica Group · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Indigenous-led initiative (year 1 of 3)

  • $170,000

    Mica Group · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Indigenous-led initiative (year 1 of 3)

  • $166,667

    Space for Giants USA · New York, NY · 2024

    Human-elephant conflict mitigation, moyen-ogoou province, gabon (year 1 of 3)

  • $161,250

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2023

    Fanamby in anjozorobe angavo pa, madagascar (year 1 of 3)

  • $161,250

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2023

    Fanamby in anjozorobe angavo pa, madagascar (year 1 of 3)

  • $160,000

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2023

    Conservation leadership program, madagascar (phase 2)

  • $160,000

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2023

    Conservation leadership program, madagascar (phase 2)

  • $158,560

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Niassa carnivore project, mozambique (year 3 of 3)

  • $158,560

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Niassa carnivore project, mozambique (year 3 of 3)

  • $151,178

    Missouri Botanical Garden · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Madagascar: community-based conservation program (year 1 of 3)

  • $151,044

    Well Grounded · 2023

    Canopy leadership programme, catalyzing community forestry in the congo basin

  • $151,044

    Well Grounded · 2023

    Canopy leadership programme, catalyzing community forestry in the congo basin

  • $150,000

    Association Fanamby · 2024

    Anjozorobe angavo pa, madagascar (year 2 of 3)

  • $150,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Ecosystem-based integrated conservation policy, kenya

  • $150,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Madagascar: mamabay landscape

  • $149,691

    The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2024

    Community-based conservation programs, madagascar (year 2 of 3)

  • $147,074

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024

    Wildlife & people suriname: community-based conservation, kwinti community

  • $146,840

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Mozambique: niassa carnivore project (year 2 of 3)

  • $135,000

    Montana Wilderness Association (Dba Wild Montana) · Helena, MT · 2024

    General support (year 2 of 3)

  • $135,000

    Montana Wilderness Association (Dba Wild Montana) · Helena, MT · 2023

    General support (year 1 of 3)

  • $135,000

    Montana Wilderness Association (Dba Wild Montana) · Helena, MT · 2023

    General support (year 1 of 3)

  • $135,000

    Montana Wilderness Association (Dba Wild Montana) · Helena, MT · 2022

    General operating support (year 3 of 3)

  • $125,485

    Fauna and Flora International · Washington, DC · 2022

    Mozambique: chuilexi conservancy (year 3 of 3)

  • $125,000

    Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    General support (year 2 of 3)

  • $125,000

    The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2024

    Northern rockies program, montana (year 3 of 3)

  • $125,000

    Yellowstone To Yukon Initiative · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    Indigenous-led conservation, british columbia (year 2 of 3)

  • $125,000

    Center for Large Landscape Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    Assessing mitigation options for wildlife in kafue national park, zambia

  • $125,000

    Center for Large Landscape Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    Assessing mitigation options for wildlife in kafue national park, zambia

  • $125,000

    Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    General support (yr 1 of 3)

  • $125,000

    Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    General support (yr 1 of 3)

  • $125,000

    The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2023

    Northern rockies program, montana (year 2 of 3)

  • $125,000

    The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2023

    Northern rockies program, montana (year 2 of 3)

  • $125,000

    Yellowstone To Yukon Initiative · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    Supporting indigenous-led conservation, british columbia (year 1 of 3)

  • $125,000

    Yellowstone To Yukon Initiative · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    Supporting indigenous-led conservation, british columbia (year 1 of 3)

  • $125,000

    Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2022

    General support

  • $125,000

    The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2022

    Montana: northern rockies program (year 1 of 3)

  • $114,505

    The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2023

    Community-based conservation programs, madagascar (year 1 of 3)

  • $114,505

    The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2023

    Community-based conservation programs, madagascar (year 1 of 3)

  • $113,305

    School of Agronomy Essa · 2022

    Madagascar: beza mahafaly project (year 3 of 3)

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