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 2022–2024. 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
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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