Deadline: 30 April 2020

Patagonia has announced the Media Grants Program to support grassroots groups that also use film as a form of activism.

This program specifically funds environmental nonprofits that use media, mostly film, as a tool tightly linked to direct-action campaigns. To evaluate grant proposals, they have a grants council made up of employees with strong backgrounds in film and other media.

Through their Media Grants Program, they fund work that:

• is tied to an environmental campaign
• goes beyond education and awareness building of the general public
• is designed with a call to action for a targeted audience
• is a tool to accomplish goals within a specific environmental campaign strategy

Funding Information

The funding range for a Media Grant is typically between $15,000 and $30,000, depending on the specific needs of the project.

Criteria

Patagonia does not fund:

• organizations without 501(c)(3) status or a comparable fiscal sponsor
• trail creation, maintenance or restoration
• any dam renovations, human-assisted fish passage infrastructure or hatchery programs
• conservation easements or land acquisition
• research, unless it is in direct support of a developed plan for specific action to alleviate an environmental problem
• projects that are solely focused on environmental education
• environmental conferences
• endowment funds
• political campaigns
• green building projects
• bike advocacy, unless the project is in direct support of a climate change solution
• event sponsorships or film festivals

For more information, visit https://www.patagonia.com/media-funding-guidelines.html