Patagonia’s Media Grants Program: Supporting Grassroots Groups in United States

Deadline: 30 April 2018

Patagonia is accepting applications for “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.

Patagonia funds only environmental work, most interestingly 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.

Through Media Grants Program, Patagonia 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.

Eligibility Criteria

Organizations with 501(c)(3) status or a comparable fiscal sponsor are eligible.
- Ineligible
  - 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
  - projects that are already done when the council meets