· Private foundation
The Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k20 grants · $392k
- $50k–250k45 grants · $5.2M
- $250k+8 grants · $3.9M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HEART OF THE ROCKIES | $1,100,000 |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | $640,888 |
| MALIASILI INITIATIVES | $500,000 |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK | $400,000 |
| WILD FOUNDATION | $400,000 |
| UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO | $315,000 |
| MAKEWAY FOUNDATION | $300,000 |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | $250,000 |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | $229,139 |
| REWILD | $225,000 |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | $219,000 |
| PAMS FOUNDATION | $216,463 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | $200,000 |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK | $198,914 |
| AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE-US | $192,200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 33% of The Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 20% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 4%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.
50 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WCWildlife Conservation Society5× · 2020–2024 · $7.5M · revenue +57%
REWILD4× · 2021–2024 · $4.3M · revenue +101%- MIMALIASILI INITIATIVES INC5× · 2020–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +80%
Funded once
- FOFRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $204k · revenue +26%
- GBGREAT BURN STUDY GROUP dba Great Burn Conservation Alliancegraduatedone grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +76% · 31% of their budget
- WOWESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS EDUCATION PROJECTone grant, 2020 · $90k · revenue +12%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.
Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.
Icl's mission is to create a conservation community and pragmatic, enduring solutions that protect and restore the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the land and wildlife you love.
The California Wilderness Coalition protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal.
Support ecosystem-based wildlife management by increasing public awareness of wildlife issues, responding to information requests, advocating for science-based wildlife habitat management through proposal and comment submissions, and…
Promote wildlife habitat
Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…
How this is measured
53 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 53 of the 76 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
- Who funds REWILD ↗
- Who funds MALIASILI INITIATIVES INC ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US ↗
- Who funds WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION ↗
- Who funds PAMS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE PEREGRINE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds MICA GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds SWAN VALLEY CONNECTIONS ↗
- Who funds DOROBO FUND FOR TANZANIA INC ↗
- Who funds BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC ↗
- Who funds CLARK FORK COALITION ↗
- Who funds WILDLIFE GUARDIANS ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN PLAINS RESOURCE COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds Health in Harmony ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds SAOLA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Park County Environmental Council ↗
- Who funds FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC ↗
- Who funds CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION ↗
- Who funds PLANET INDONESIA ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds WESTERN LANDOWNERS ALLIANCE ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The High Stakes Foundation · Patagoniaorg · The Kendeda Fund · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Driggers Foundation · Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315 · Cadeau Foundation · Maki Foundation · The Fanwood Foundation · Weeden Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Centre for Wildlife Studies Inc: 20% of income from government
- Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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