In 1981, Liz Claiborne Inc.'s founders established the Liz Claiborne Foundation to serve as the Company's center for charitable activities. The Liz Claiborne Foundation is a nonprofit legal entity which primarily supports organizations in the U.S. communities where Liz Claiborne Inc.'s major facilities are located. These include the five boroughs of New York City; Hudson County, New Jersey; Los Angeles County, California; Butler County, Ohio; Monroe County, Pennsylvania; and Massachusetts' North Shore. In addition, a small portion of our grants are awarded to major cultural institutions in the New York City area, to national organizations addressing critical issues for women and girls, and to nongovernmental organizations in selected Liz Claiborne operating communities abroad.

The Liz Claiborne Foundation provides most of its financial and technical assistance to nonprofit groups that address issues of particular concern to women. Key focus areas for the Liz Claiborne Foundation's grants are women's economic self-sufficiency, family violence, and positive development programming for girls. Some recent grant recipients include:

• Peace Over Violence (Los Angeles, CA)
• Mount Hope Housing Company (New York, NY)
• Row New York (New York, NY)
• Sadie Nash Leadership Project (New York, NY)
• Supports to Encourage Low-Income Families (Hamilton, OH)
• Homeboy Industries' Homegirl Café (Los Angeles, CA)
• Women's Resources of Monroe County (Delaware Water Gap, PA)