Free Range Studios, the Creative Agency with a Conscience, has announced its annual YouTopia Grant (formerly known as the Gratitude Grant). Free Range Studios will be donating their services to one lucky non-profit and one socially responsible business. Past recipients of the Youtopia Grant include Sustainable Table for whom Free Range Studios created the award winning viral video, the Meatrix (www.meatrix.com), now viewed over 20 million times and translated into 43 languages.

"Free Range Studios was created 10 years ago as the Creative Agency for the social change movement. We created the YouTopia grant in 2002 to give back to the movement that inspires us. Each year we we are deluged with applications by non-profits with a chorus of creative visions for making the world a better place.

This year, in honor of our 10 Year Anniversary, we are excited to announce that we will also be offering a YouTopia grant to a socially responsible business. Expanding the YouTopia grant to a socially responsible business is our way of rewarding the creative social entrepreneur working to affect positive social change."

Jonah Sachs, Free Range Studios Founder

Known as the most successful cause-based viral movie makers, Free Range Studios has also received numerous awards and accolades for their branding, print, web, and campaign strategy skills. Free Range Studios clients include influential non-profits, political campaigns and socially responsible businesses such as Al Gore, Amnesty International, Alliance for Climate Education (ACE), Green for All, RSF Social Finance, Save the Children, Story of Stuff and Terracycle.

Free Range Studios also walks the talk. From the day Free Range Studios opened its doors it has been a socially and environmentally responsible company. Free Range Studios uses Triple Bottom Line Accounting, renewable energy including wind power and most recently Free Range Studios became a B Corporation.

Free Range Studios is unique among creative agencies because its remarkably talented staff is dedicated exclusively to transforming social justice and environmental issues into compelling stories that grab the public’s attention.

As client Annie Leonard of the Story of Stuff (www.storyofstuff.com) recently shared:

"Without Free Range Studios, the Story of Stuff would have been another boring film of a garbage wonk rambling on. Free Range Studios provided the creative input, professional storytelling skills and technical prowess that transformed the Story of Stuff into a film that allowed us to reach over 7 million people worldwide."

Free Range Studios is especially happy to be announcing the YouTopia Grant this year as many organizations and businesses are being forced to cut back on their advertising budgets. Now more than ever, Free Range is proud to be helping worthwhile causes get their message out to the masses.

The YouTopia Grant

For more information including guidelines and deadlines please see www.freerangestudios.com

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Free Range Studios enables our clients to communicate key messages and empower individuals to transform society through the innovative use of digital media, storytelling, graphic design and strategy. We amplify the impact of our work by inspiring others through our values-driven business practices.

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