Environmental Grants Program

Growing the Grassroots
In 1973 a young man stopped by our offices to make a pitch. He called himself, ambitiously, "Friends of the Ventura River," and his plan was to restore the filthy trickle near our headquarters to its former, wild self. A lone activist with monumental goals, he envisioned fish life, shore birds and untainted riffles in a channel ruined by pollution. He gave us hope. We gave him desk space.

By 1985, we formalized our support of environmental activism by committing 10% of our pre-tax profits to grassroots environmental groups. Later, we changed our pledge to at least 1% of sales or 10% of pre-tax profits – whichever is more. We give at the grassroots level to innovative groups overlooked or rejected by other corporate donors. We fund activists who take radical and strategic steps to protect habitat, wilderness and biodiversity. We have given over $43 million in grants and in-kind donations to more than 1,000 organizations since the program began.

		Patagonia Environmental Initiatives 2011 Read about our environmental efforts over the past year, including a list of all Patagonia grant recipients. PDF; requires Adobe Reader or similar reader.
		World Trout® Initiative Patagonia teams up with artist James Prosek to help grassroots groups that protect native fish.

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