Friday, April 4, 2008

Patagonia Grants

Patagonia has me registered as a representative of St. Thomas University to apply for grants in their Environmentalism category. Here is their grants page with guidelines:

http://www.patagonia.com/usa/patagonia.go?assetid=2942

Awards vary from $3,000 to $8,000 Applications to the stores accepted anytime

In brief:

They fund work that:
is action-oriented
builds public involvement and support
is strategic
focuses on root causes
accomplishes specific goals and objectives
Our funding is limited to: United States, Canada, Japan, Chile, Argentina, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, Germany, France, Denmark, Belgium, or Austria.

They do 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
political campaigns

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