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Patagonia Environmental Grants Program

Overview

Principal Office: USA

Key Words: conservation, Patagonia, Argentina, Chile

Website: Link

Patagonia is a retailer of outdoor clothing and sports equipment, operating in the USA and several other countries.

The company makes small grants to environmental organizations in the countries in which it operates. Most of these are industrialized countries, with the exception of the Patagonia region of South America –emblematic of the company’s name.
Grant Programs for Agriculture, Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources

Environmental Grants. Patagonia’s environmental grants support projects in the following subject areas:
  • Alternative energy;
  • Biodiversity;
  • Forests;
  • Resource extraction;
  • Social activism;
  • Sustainable agriculture;
  • Toxics and nuclear power;and
  • Water and marine issues.
Patagonia makes grants to grassroots activist organizations that have direct-action agendas and campaigns for environmental protection over the long term.

Grants are to nonprofit charitable organizations in the USA, and to organizations in other countries that have comparable charitable status -- or that have a fiscal sponsor in the USA.

Most grants are from US$3 thousand to US$8 thousand.

APPLICATION:  Grant seekers determine their eligibility by completing an online quiz.

For eligible applicants, proposals can be submitted to any of Patagonia’s retail stores at any time of the year.

For applicants not applying to a store, applications are submitted online according to the calendar schedule posted on Patagonia’s website.

About the program, and how to apply. – Link
Geographical Distribution of Grant Activities in Developing Countries

Latin America and Caribbean: Argentina, Chile
Comments

Patagonia provides at least 1% of sales or 10% of pre-tax profits (whichever is more) for its environmental grants program each year.

In 2011, Patagonia’s grant giving was US$4.3 million for 472 projects (all programs). This includes 41 grant recipients in South America (i.e., Patagonia).

Patagonia offers a searchable grants directory. -- Link

Most of the corporation’s support for conservation in Argentina and Chile is through Conservación Patagónica, a nonprofit foundation established for this purpose. – Link 
Last Profile Review

February 2012

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