Patagonia Offers Support for Grassroots Environmental Work

Posted by on August 13, 2010

Patagonia Offers Support for Grassroots Environmental Work
Deadline: August 31, 2010

Outdoor clothing and gear company Patagonia provides support for environmental work through grants to nonprofit organizations.

Patagonia supports small, grassroots activist organizations that have provocative direct-action agendas and are working on multi-pronged campaigns to preserve and protect the environment. The company funds work that is action-oriented, builds public involvement and support, is strategic, focuses on root causes, and accomplishes specific goals and objectives. The company is 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.

The company does 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; or political campaigns.

Most grants are in the range of $3,000 to $8,000 each.

In addition to the corporate grant program, each Patagonia retail store administers a grants program. Retail store grant applications are accepted year round.

Applications will be accepted during the month of August. See the Patagonia Web site for guidelines and retail store locator.

http://www.patagonia.com/web/us/patagonia.go?slc=en_US&sct=US&assetid=2942