Three named partners. Two named calves.
Where the dollars land, partner by partner.
As a newly established 501(c)(3) in 2025, the Rhinory Foundation is committed to transparency and provenance. Our annual Impact Reports (2024 and 2025) are published below for download, and what they document is concrete: three global conservation partners (Care for Wild, the International Rhino Foundation, and Ol Pejeta Conservancy), two named rhino calves (Hercules and Liora) supported through Rhinory programs, and audited 2025 contributions on the record.
Where the work has names, places, and dollar figures.
The Rhinory Foundation directs grant-making to three global conservation organizations selected for proven track records, strategic approach, and willingness to put the numbers on the record. Below: each partner, the 2025 confirmed-in-writing contribution, and what it bought.
International Rhino Foundation
A global champion for all five rhino species: anti-poaching, habitat protection, community engagement, and scientific research across Africa and Asia. Multi-year partner.
2025 allocation
Care for Wild
“Save Rhinos. Save People. Save Tomorrow.” The world’s largest orphaned-rhino sanctuary. The 2025 contribution sustains the Hercules sponsorship (a Rhinory-funded white rhino calf in active rehabilitation) alongside the sanctuary’s rescue, rehab, and rewilding programs.
2025 allocation
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
East Africa’s largest black rhino sanctuary, and the only place on Earth that protects the two remaining Northern White Rhinos. The Rhinory Wine Club entered the Ol Pejeta sponsorship register in 2025 by naming an Eastern Black Rhino calf, Liora.
2025 allocation
Black rhino recovery · range-wide
Ol Pejeta holds East Africa’s largest black-rhino population, proof that long-horizon anti-poaching investment is what species recovery looks like.
A note on scope These three are the Foundation’s global conservation grantees. Other named partners (Zululand Conservation Trust, San Antonio Zoo, Longneck Manor, and our local sponsor ecosystem) appear on the Events page where they earned their billing.
A budget line is not a story.
The Sumatran rhino is the world’s most critically endangered rhino, an estimated 34 to 47 individuals (fewer than 50) remain in the wild, all of them on the island of Sumatra. The $134,100 sent to the International Rhino Foundation in 2025 routes, in part, into one of the most fragile rhino landscapes on Earth.
The Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary at Way Kambas National Park.
Way Kambas is one of three protected Sumatran landscapes still hosting wild rhinos, and the only one with a working semi-wild breeding program. Rhinory’s contribution helps fund the sanctuary’s operating costs: keeper salaries, veterinary support, browse production for the rhinos in care, and the ranger patrols that keep poachers out of the surrounding park.
Adjacent to the sanctuary work, the Leuser Ecosystem grants fund anti-poaching field equipment for the Wildlife Protection Units that walk the perimeter of the last truly intact Sumatran rainforest, where elephants, tigers, orangutans, and Sumatran rhinos still share a single landscape.
These aren’t abstractions. They have names, birthdays, mothers.
Two rhino calves (one in South Africa, one in Kenya) are alive today inside partnerships the Rhinory community helped underwrite. Their names appear in the partner registries, in the Kenya Wildlife Service database, and on this page.
Hercules.Adopted via Rhinory
Hercules, a Southern White rhino calf, was rescued by Care for Wild in October 2024 after a hyena attack left him with severe injuries and heavily infected wounds, including multiple leg fractures. Following months in ICU under round-the-clock care, he has graduated to the main rehabilitation facility, where he continues physiotherapy and 24-hour monitoring toward eventual rewilding.
Liora.“My Light” · named by the Rhinory Wine Club
Liora was born on January 29, 2025 at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, on the Laikipia plateau. Her mother, Lola, is an Eastern Black Rhino who had lost previous calves; this birth was a hard-won one for her, for the rangers, and for the species. The Rhinory Wine Club (Conservation Circle members) was invited to name the calf. The name they chose, Liora, means “My Light.” It is permanently recorded in the Kenya Wildlife Service database.
$1.5M+ deployed through 2025. $210,000 granted to partners in 2025.
Sweeping percentage claims aren’t on the record. Specific 2025 partner contributions and specific-event raises are. Here are the numbers we can stand behind, with the channels that generated them.
International Rhino Foundation · top-tier institutional donor · matching included.
Liora sponsorship · Eastern Black Rhino calf · Laikipia, Kenya.
Hercules sponsorship · orphaned white rhino calf in active rehabilitation.
Wanda’s Wee Zoo × Rhinory · custom-framed art collection · shared-proceeds contribution.
Four named partner contributions, granted to the field on the record.
$450K wine-driven (plus on-site & memberships) plus $210K Foundation fundraising, generated across all channels in 2025.
Special-event revenue
Annual Gala (Horns of Hope · Illuminated Conservation) and Sip-and-Paint sessions with Blake, the named-event fundraising channel.
Guest experiences
Pinnacle Rhino & Wine, Goodnight Blake, and tasting-room visits, wine-driven contribution baked into the experience price.
Corporate sponsorships
Ecosystem partners (Empire Roofing, Mohawk Flooring, Texas Disposal Systems, San Antonio Zoo) recognized at named events through the Sponsors program.
Wine-program contributions
The Conservation Circle (Rhinory Wine Club), Crash Subscribe & Save, and the Rhino Reserve Annual Allocation, recurring-shipment channels that feed grant-making year-round.
The full year, on the record: download the annual Impact Reports.
Each annual report compiles the partner contributions, named-calf updates, and special-event raises above into a single document, on Foundation letterhead. Free to download, no sign-in required.
Three lanes into the Inner Circle.
Direct contribution to the Foundation, recurring wine-driven membership through the Conservation Circle, or a one-time purchase from a partner program. Every lane closes the loop the same way: into named-partner work, on the record.
Donate to the Foundation.
Tax-deductible giving to the Rhinory Foundation 501(c)(3). Direct grants to IRF · Care for Wild · Ol Pejeta. Suggested amounts $25 / $100 / $500 / sponsor-tier or custom.
Make a donation → Lane 02Join the Conservation Circle.
Three Wine Club tiers (Enthusiast · Advocate · Collector) plus Crash Subscribe & Save and the Rhino Reserve Annual Allocation. Every shipment funds the partner ledger above.
Become a member → Lane 03Wanda’s Wee Zoo × Rhinory.
“A Shared Purpose, Framed with Impact.” Wanda Goldberg’s custom-framed art, made exclusively for Rhinory; proceeds split between WWZ’s animal-care work and the Foundation’s rhino conservation grant-making.
Visit the WWZ page →The Inaugural Catalyst for Conservation Award.
“This year, we proudly introduce the Catalyst for Conservation Award, honoring our inaugural recipient, Mital Patel.” The 2026 Gala, beneficiaries: Care for Wild · IRF · Ol Pejeta. Black-tie evening at Rhinory, Fredericksburg, Texas.
Three Texas titles, one shared mission underneath.
And Napa doesn’t even have a rhino.
Few wineries are blending wine and wildlife like Craig Stevens and his wife, Chesney Castleberry.
This is no gimmick.
The 2026 honoree, in his own coverage.
Mital Patel (nature and wildlife photographer, filmmaker, and the inaugural Catalyst for Conservation Award recipient) has been profiled across six titles covering his exhibitions, his Ol Pejeta sponsorship, and the launch of his film “The Caretakers” (premiered March 3, 2026 on YouTube).
In Conversation with Mital Patel.
Melissa Smrekar profile · Dallas executive who moonlights as a wildlife photographer.
2025Debuting His Majestic Wildlife Photography.
Elaine Raffel · Christopher Martin Gallery launch · Ol Pejeta × Tembo exhibition.
May 28, 2025Conversations with Mital Patel.
Local Stories long-form interview on the practice behind the lens.
June 19, 2025Witness to the Wild.
Feature on Patel’s work documenting endangered species across remote and fragile ecosystems.
2024Mital Patel Making a Difference.
Profile · proceeds direct-to-conservation including WildAid · Ol Pejeta · Tsavo Trust.
August 8, 2025Coexistence and Conservation, Fall Exhibitions.
Aubrie · multi-city US exhibition roundup across remote and fragile ecosystems.
September 5, 2024Coverage compiled with attribution · external sources · for press-kit detail, contact [email protected]
The Foundation does the grant-making. Rhinory pours the wine.
Every bottle sold through Rhinory feeds the same partner ledger you just read. If you came to the Foundation site through the wine, or if you came for the conservation work and want to taste what funds it, the door swings both ways.