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Patagonia funds only environmental work. We are most interested in making grants to organizations that identify and work on the root causes of problems and that approach issues with a commitment to long-term change. Because we believe that true change will occur only through a strong grassroots movement, our funding focuses on organizations that build a strong base of citizen support.
We support small, grassroots activist organizations with provocative direct-action agendas, working on multi-pronged campaigns to preserve and protect our environment. We help local groups working to protect local habitat, and think the individual battles to protect a specific stand of forest, stretch of river or indigenous wild species are the most effective in raising more complicated issues - particularly those of biodiversity and ecosystem protection - in the public mind. We look for innovative groups that produce measurable results, and we like to support efforts that force the government to abide by its own - our own - laws. Your efforts should be quantifiable, with specific goals, objectives and action plans, and should include measures for evaluating success. Because we're a privately held company, we have the freedom to fund groups off the beaten track, and that's where we believe our small grants are most effective.
Typical grants range from $3,000 to $12,000. We accept one proposal per group, per year.
We fund work that:
is action-oriented
builds public involvement and support
is strategic
focuses on root causes
accomplishes specific goals and objectives
Our funding is limited to: United States, Canada, Japan, Chile, Argentina, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, Germany, France, Denmark, Belgium, or Austria, Australia and the Czech Republic.
We do not fund:
organizations without 501(c)(3) status or a comparable fiscal sponsor
general environmental education efforts
land acquisition, land trusts or conservation easements
research, unless it is in direct support of a developed plan for specific action to alleviate an environmental problem
environmental conferences
endowment funds
political campaigns
green building projects
Proposal deadlines:
If your work is located near one of our retail stores, your proposal will be reviewed by store employees. Our stores accept proposals on a rolling basis, throughout the year.
If your work is not located near one of our retail stores, your proposal will be reviewed by an employee Grants Council at our company headquarters.
There are two annual deadlines for this process:
-April 30 (all applications received in April will receive a response by the end of August)
-August 31 (all applications received in August will receive a response by the end of January)
For more information, or to find out if your work fits within our guidelines, visit http://www.patagonia.com/us/patagonia.go?assetid=2942.
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Patagonia Environmental Grant Program
Posted: September 11, 2019 by MAEE Administration
Category: Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge (SEEK)
Patagonia funds only environmental work. We are most interested in making grants to organizations that identify and work on the root causes of problems and that approach issues with a commitment to long-term change. Because we believe that true change will occur only through a strong grassroots movement, our funding focuses on organizations that build a strong base of citizen support.
We support small, grassroots activist organizations with provocative direct-action agendas, working on multi-pronged campaigns to preserve and protect our environment. We help local groups working to protect local habitat, and think the individual battles to protect a specific stand of forest, stretch of river or indigenous wild species are the most effective in raising more complicated issues - particularly those of biodiversity and ecosystem protection - in the public mind. We look for innovative groups that produce measurable results, and we like to support efforts that force the government to abide by its own - our own - laws. Your efforts should be quantifiable, with specific goals, objectives and action plans, and should include measures for evaluating success. Because we're a privately held company, we have the freedom to fund groups off the beaten track, and that's where we believe our small grants are most effective.
Typical grants range from $3,000 to $12,000. We accept one proposal per group, per year.
We fund work that:
We do not fund:
Proposal deadlines:
-April 30 (all applications received in April will receive a response by the end of August)
-August 31 (all applications received in August will receive a response by the end of January)
For more information, or to find out if your work fits within our guidelines, visit http://www.patagonia.com/us/patagonia.go?assetid=2942.