Leonardo DiCaprio has talked a lot about environmental conservation, and now he’s putting a lot of money where his mouth is.
According to the New York Post’s Page Six, DiCaprio’s Foundation is awarding $20 million dollars in grants to more than 100 environmentally focused organizations.
The grants will reportedly help with six specific focuses, including climate change, wildlife and landscape conservation, marine life and ocean conservations, innovative solutions, indigenous rights, and the California program.
DiCaprio recently spoke at a Yale Climate Conference, where he put an emphasis on encouraging a global shift from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy.
Page Six reports that the The DiCaprio Foundation’s CEO says, “This round of grants comes at a critical time… With a lack of political leadership, and continued evidence that climate change is growing worse with record-breaking heat waves and storms, we believe we need to do as much as we can now, before it is too late.”
Here’s hoping the more than $80 million dollars DiCaprio’s Foundation has put towards grants since 1998 will reach their goals.
