• He founded the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.
• Leonardo worked with 24 orphaned children from the SOS Children’s Village in Maputo, Mozambique for his film, Blood Diamond.
• DiCaprio has made several films to educate the public about environmental issues, including The 11th Hour.
• He also serves as the Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Palisades-based Reef Check Foundation.
• In 1998, he donated $35,000 towards the “Leonardo DiCaprio Computer Center” at the Los Feliz branch of the Los Angeles Public Library — the site of his childhood home.
• On July 7, 2007, DiCaprio was a presenter at the American leg of Live Earth.
• He joined Al Gore at the 2007 Oscar ceremony to announce that the Oscars had incorporated environmentally intelligent practices throughout their planning and production processes.

Leo has supported the following charities, foundations and causes:
Declare Yourself
Feeding America
Global Cool
Global Green
Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
Natural Resources Defense Council
Pediatric Epilepsy Project
Reef Check Foundation
SOS Children’s Villages
Stop Global Warming
The Gorilla Organization
TreePeople