Grants and Mentorships
Inspiring Change
Our 2024-2025 Environmental Photography Grants and Mentorships recognize the powerful legacies of seven environmental leaders and pay tribute to the extraordinary contribution they have made.
This year, we are proud to distribute $50,000 in grants and award ten transformative mentorships, empowering local photographers who are addressing critical environmental challenges in their communities.
Vital Impacts is deeply committed to actively seek ways to foster and support the next generation of photographers and humanitarians. We work not only to illustrate personal stories about individuals who, against all odds, are making profound changes in their communities and the world but also to create opportunities for the individuals making the impacts.
The short film Remembering Sudan documents the heartbreaking crisis facing the northern white rhinos and keepers like Zacharia Mutai, on Ol Pejeta Conservancy, who sacrifice so much to protect them.
Ticket sales benefit Ol Pejeta Conservancy who care for the last two northern white rhinos on the planet.
"P-22 birthed a wildlife movement in L.A. that is only going to grow and grow... There’s no cat like him." -Steve Winter
P-22 was an elusive yet infamous wild cougar who made Los Angeles's Griffith Park his home for 10 years, nearly his whole life. He was beloved by millions and his legacy lives on. He has literally changed the landscape for wildlife in Los Angeles and beyond.
Proceeds from the sale of Hollywood Cougar benefit Big Cat Voices.
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