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Grant Programme Details

Google Earth Outreach supports non-profit organisations that share our mission of community service in areas such as education & culture, environment & science, current affairs, global development, public health and social services. As a non-profit organisation you can use Google Earth Free to view and create KML files. You can post those KML files on your site or email them to your partners, donors, volunteers and beneficiaries. You may not use Google Earth Free in the course of providing a paid service to other companies or organisations.

As a part of Google Earth Outreach, we grant Google Earth Pro licences to qualifying organisations. Google Earth Pro has powerful authoring features which allow for GIS data importation such as .shp and tab files, a film making module and a high resolution printing feature.

Please view our product comparison to determine whether you need the free version of Google Earth or Google Earth Pro.

Qualifying organisations can also apply for a Google SketchUp Pro grant in the Google Earth Pro grants application. Google SketchUp is software that can be used to create, share and present 3D models. Try the free version of Google SketchUp, or learn moreabout SketchUp Pro.

Who is eligible

In the United Kingdom - Organisations must be based in the United Kingdom and registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales, the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator or by the Inland Revenue to be considered for a Google Grant.

Other countries/regions - We are currently accepting applications from eligible charitable organizations based in Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States.

Who is not eligible

At this time, we're unable to make grants to the following types of groups:

  • Organisations that are of a religious or political nature
  • Organisations focused primarily on lobbying for political or policy change
  • Organisations that are pending or do not have tax-exempt charitable status
  • Organisations outside the United States, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands. We're working to support additional international non-profits in the future.

Google reserves the right to award grants to any organisation. Selections are made at Google's sole discretion and decisions regarding award recipients are final.

How to apply

Your application is more likely to be successful if you have a basic understanding of how Google Earth works and what projects you plan to use your Google Earth Pro grant to achieve. (See the Google Earth tour). You'll be asked to provide your mission statement, any examples of already authored Google Earth KML files and a brief statement about how your organisation will benefit from a Google Earth Pro grant.

Once we select award recipients, all applicants will receive an email regarding the status of their application. Because of the high volume of interest in our programme, we are unable to respond to requests for information about the status of individual applications.

Please note: We select Google Earth Pro grant recipients every month. You will know within two months or less whether or not you will receive a Google Earth Pro grant.

Process for grant recipients

If your organisation is selected, you will receive an award notification via email with detailed instructions for setting up your Google Earth Pro account and some useful links for getting started with Google Earth.

Once you set up your Google Earth Pro account, we look forward to hearing about the success of your work and creativity. We will send you an email after 6 months asking for an update. Google Earth Pro licences expire after a year and we use your year end survey to assess granting a Google Earth Pro licence renewal. Sharing your accomplishments with us will help us to demonstrate the health of the Earth Outreach programme. We hope that you will also share links to some of the KML files you create so that we may feature them in the Google Earth Outreach Showcase.