The Wyss Foundation is expanding its international conservation work through a multi-year, multi-million dollar commitment to helping protect the Amazon River basin and the Andes Mountains in Peru.
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The Wyss Foundation today announced that it will provide the Boston-based healthcare organization Health Leads with a $2,000,000 grant over the next three years to help healthcare institutions improve care by meeting the basic needs of their most economically vulnerable patients.
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Forbes Magazine this week announced that philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss is #8 on its list of individuals in the United States who gave the most to charity in 2014. The Forbes analysis, conducted in partnership with the Philanthropic Research Institute, found that the top 10 most generous philanthropists in the U.S. in 2014 gave a total of $7.1 billion to charitable causes.
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Together with the Rockefeller Family Fund and the Scholars Strategy Network, the Wyss Foundation has partnered with an innovative collaboration of leading scholars and civic activists who are developing new strategies to strengthen female leadership and boost economic opportunities for women and their families.
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The Nature Conservancy announced today that it has purchased 3,184 acres along the Hoh River near the Washington coast from the company Rayonier. The project, which will support public access and stewardship of the lands, was made possible with support from the Wyss Foundation, the Norcliffe Foundation, and other private donors and supporters.
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With a new $6 million commitment to wildlife conservation in Eastern Africa, the Wyss Foundation today joined a growing local, regional, and international effort to combat poaching and wildlife trafficking that is decimating wild elephant and rhino populations.
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The Wyss Foundation has joined the Grantham Foundation for the Environment and dozens of individual donors to support the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Fund for Environmental Journalism. The Wyss Foundation’s support is enabling a significant expansion of the Fund for Environmental Journalism.
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With the support of the Wyss Foundation and other charitable partners, The Nature Conservancy today announced it has closed on the purchase of 117,152 acres of forests, rivers and wildlife habitat in the Lower Blackfoot River watershed of Montana. The land was purchased from Plum Creek for $85 million.
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With the support of the Wyss Foundation and other charitable partners, The Nature Conservancy has closed on the purchase of 47,921 acres of forests, rivers and wildlife habitat in the Central Cascade Mountains of Washington. The lands, which were purchased from Plum Creek Timber Company for $49 million, will be conserved for public use and enjoyment.
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Today, October 21, 2014, Oceana announced that the Wyss Foundation will, over the next five years, provide up to $10 million in matching funds to help rebuild fisheries in Peru and Canada by supporting science-based policies that aim to both improve fishing and restore health to the world’s oceans.
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