Grants awarded
You can search below for information about all grants we awarded. Our grants data is also available in csv format here.
We are committed to transparency, and believe that with better information, grant-makers can be more effective decision makers. In 2017 we started to work with 360Giving to publish information about Arcadia grants (last updated March 2025). Arcadia has waived all copyright and related or neighbouring rights to Arcadia’s grant data, to the extent possible under law, by dedicating it to the public domain with the Creative Commons CC0 waiver. This means the data is freely accessible to anyone to use and share.
Digitization of manuscripts in the Middle East and Africa
To digitize endangered manuscripts in libraries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia and to make them freely available online.
$4,000,000
2016
5 years
Digitization of manuscripts in the Middle East and Africa
To digitize endangered manuscripts in libraries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia and to make them freely available online.
$3,000,000
2011
5 years
Improving public policy through better understanding of history
To connect historians with policy-makers.
$152,000
2009
1 year
Finding homes for Romanian children in institutional care
To support social workers finding homes for Romanian children in institutional care.
$65,037
2006
1 year
Research, advocacy, and outreach to promote women's rights
To advocate for gender equality, protecting the rights and improving the lives of women and girls.
$5,000,000
2006
6 years
Research, advocacy, and outreach to promote women's rights
To advocate for gender equality, protecting the rights and improving the lives of women and girls.
$1,000,000
2005
1 year
Towards the second phase of the Illuminated River
To support a scheme for lighting central London’s bridges along the River Thames.
$4,840,000
2019
1 year
Hans Rausing Scholarships endowment fund
To endow a programme of PhD scholarships at Imperial College.
$1,970,100
2008
5 years
Documenting Ukraine fellowships
To support journalists, scholars, artists, public intellectuals and archivists based in Ukraine.
$540,000
2022
1 year
Promotion of UK philanthropy
To support the Institute’s work to increase the effectiveness of philanthropy through education and raising awareness.
$1,808,500
2004
5 years
Promotion of UK philanthropy
To support the Institute’s work to increase the effectiveness of philanthropy through education and raising awareness.
$1,777,138
2009
5 years
Club of Three: Caucasus Conference 2006
To support a conference on Europe’s relations with, and impact on, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
$94,110
2006
1 year
Core costs of the organisation
To support the Institute’s cultural, educational and policy programmes.
$2,170,173
2008
5 years
Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme
To provide five bursaries for graduates and young professionals from the USA to undertake graduate studies at Oxford University.
$2,623,373
2008
5 years
3D-scanning of heritage sites in Syria and Iraq
To create 3D scans of monuments in Syria and to make the results freely available online.
$196,490
2016
1 year
Reforms to Deliver the Right to Culture, Learning and Research through Libraries
To promote copyright law reform and regulation at EU and national level to enable libraries to facilitate greater access to and use of copyrighted works for cultural, educational and research purposes.
$3,630,000
2020
3 years
The Knowledge Rights 21 Programme (phase II)
To promote copyright law reform and regulation at EU and national level to enable libraries to facilitate greater access to and use of copyrighted works for cultural, educational and research purposes.
$6,050,000
2024
5 years
Conservation of Freshwater Biodiversity in Key River Ecosystems
International Rivers
https://www.internationalrivers.org/blogs/734/protecting-freshwater-biodiversity-how-international-r
To support International Rivers’ work to influence how rivers are governed, protected in law and valued to help ensure our rivers continue to support diverse habitats and wildlife.
$1,250,000
2018
5 years
Global Urban Alliance
International Union for Conservation of Nature
https://iucn.org/news/secretariat/201809/iucn-launches-global-alliance-greener-cities
To establish a global alliance to develop and promote a standard set of indicators on urban ecosystem health that enable cities to identify the challenges of becoming greener environments and evaluate their efforts to do so.
$434,700
2020
3 years
Opening access to conservation knowledge
To increase the online accessibility of conservation research publications.
$442,800
2021
3 years