Patagonia Grants: International Grants - Australia

Overview

_NOTE: While applications are closed for FY25, if you are interested in Patagonia’s grants program and you would like to share with us some information about your project or campaign for FY26, please fill in this survey.  If your organisation is deemed eligible for funding, you will then receive an invitation to apply for a grant._**
How We Fund**

Patagonia supports environmental organisations with bold, direct-action agendas and a commitment to long-term change.

We support innovative work that addresses the root causes of the environmental crisis and seeks to protect both the environment and affected communities. We focus on places where we’ve built connections through outdoor recreation and through our network of retail stores, nationally and internationally.

We believe local battles to protect a specific stand of forest, a stretch of river, an indigenous wild species or a community from a polluting refinery build public support and confront larger, more complex issues like climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental justice.

We encourage work that brings underrepresented communities to the forefront of the environmental movement and defends communities whose health and livelihoods are threatened by environmental exploitation.

We support multipronged campaigns that push for greater environmental protections and force the government to abide by its own laws.

We fund work that:

* builds an equitable, inclusive and diverse environmental movement
* confronts systemic bias, discrimination and injustice in environmental policy or outdoor spaces

* is action-oriented

* focuses on root causes

* has a clear strategy

* identifies specific goals and objectives that can be effectively measured to evaluate success

* builds public involvement and civic engagement

Patagonia believes that the most direct path to real change is through building grassroots momentum.

Our funding focuses on organisations that have or can create a strong base of support. Because we’re a privately held company, we have the freedom to fund risk-taking, off-the-beaten-track groups, and that’s where we believe our small grants are most effective.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* We fund work that:
* takes place within the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
* To qualify for Patagonia grant funding:
* Your organisation must be operated for the public good
* Your organisation must be a registered Australian charity, or have a fiscal sponsor with such status
* Your organisation, or your fiscal sponsor, must have a bank account for business purposes in the name of your organisation
* You can use funds to educate the public on issues.
* You can do general voter registration work that is not favouring one candidate over the other.

Ineligibility

* We do not fund:
* organisations that perpetuate systemic biases and discrimination based on ethnicity, race, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship or veteran or disability status
* organisations 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, event sponsorships or film festivals
* endowment funds
* political campaigns
* green building projects
* bike advocacy, unless the project is in direct support of a climate change solution