LDF provides grants to different conservation non-profit organizations and projects. Listed below are some of his philanthropic efforts.
Source: World Wildlife
November of 2010 – Through LDF, DiCaprio committed $1 million to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) at the California Community Foundation to save tigers. The money went into an effort by the WWF to try to double the number of wild tigers across Asia by 2022, through antipoaching efforts and habitat protection.
November 2013 – On the third anniversary of the historic Global Tiger Summit, LDF awarded a grant of a further $3 million to WWF. This grant will help to boost WWF’s work in strengthening anti-poaching petrols, protect key areas for the breeding, dispersal and expansion of the tigers.
Source: Richard Barrow
May 2014 – LDF donated $1 million to the Elephant Crisis Fund, which is a joint initiative created by Wildlife Conservation Network and Save the Elephants. The donation will go towards trying to put a stop to the ivory trade, to the poaching and to the trafficking of elephants.
February 2014 – Oceana, an organization ‘dedicated to protecting and restoring the world’s oceans on a global scale’, received a grant of $3 million from LDF. The grant will aid in protecting ocean habitat and marine species in the oceans.
June 2014 – DiCaprio pledged $7 million toward the funding of ocean conservation projects in establishing marine reserves. He announced this at the State Department’s “Our Ocean” conference, and at the same time also urged people to step up and act to protect the oceans and the ecosystems. This is his speech:
October 2014 – LDF grants $2 million to Oceans 5, a new model for collaborative philanthropy. It involves many groups working together to support projects that work towards protecting the oceans.