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