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 August 2026). 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.
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Grant recipient
Purpose
Grant details
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Culture
Digitization of manuscripts in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and the Balkans
$5,000,000
2026 | 5 years
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Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Culture$5,000,000
2026 | 5 years
To digitize endangered manuscripts in libraries in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and the Balkans and make them freely available online.
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Culture
Mapping Archaeological Pre-Columbian Heritage in South America
$3,004,342
2026 | 2.75 years
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Culture$3,004,342
2026 | 2.75 years
To document the pre-Columbian archaeological heritage of South America, focussing on Brazil and Colombia, and make the results freely available online.
UCLA Library
Culture
Modern Endangered Archives Program
$2,000,000
2026 | 4 years
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UCLA Library
Culture$2,000,000
2026 | 4 years
To support a grant programme to digitize endangered printed materials, manuscripts, photographs, audio-visual recordings and born-digital materials from the 20th and 21st centuries, and make the digitized materials freely available online.
National Centre for Biological Sciences
Culture
Documenting the contemporary history of science in India
$1,800,000
2026 | 5 years
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National Centre for Biological Sciences
Culture$1,800,000
2026 | 5 years
To collect and digitize at-risk material related to the history of science in South Asia since the early 19th century, and to make the results freely available online.
Historic Environment Scotland
Culture
Digitisation of historic aerial photographs from the Middle East and North Africa
$404,739
2026 | 1 year
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Historic Environment Scotland
Culture$404,739
2026 | 1 year
To support the digitization of historic aerial photographs from the Middle East and North Africa to provide accurately geo-referenced mosaics of aerial photographic coverage, and to make the results freely available online.
Dikan Centre
Culture
Digitization of West African archives
$100,000
2026 | 1 year
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Dikan Centre
Culture$100,000
2026 | 1 year
To support the Dikan Center to digitize West African archival collections and make the materials freely available online.
Oceana Inc
Nature
Core support
$14,000,000
2025 | 7 years
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Oceana Inc
Nature$14,000,000
2025 | 7 years
To support Oceana's campaigns to protect and restore marine habitats.
Public.Resource.Org
Open Access
Core support
$5,000,000
2025 | 6 years
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Public.Resource.Org
Open Access$5,000,000
2025 | 6 years
To support Public.Resource.Org's work to make edicts of government freely available online.
European Climate Foundation
Nature
European nature law
$2,754,000
2025 | 2.5 years
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European Climate Foundation
Nature$2,754,000
2025 | 2.5 years
To support sound implementation of nature legislation in Europe, with a focus on forest resilience.
EMI Archive Trust
Culture
The Global Gramophone: Early commercial sound recordings around the world
$2,541,000
2025 | 5 years
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EMI Archive Trust
Culture$2,541,000
2025 | 5 years
To digitize the shellac discs in the so-called ‘Orient’ catalogue, and to make these audio files freely available online.
New York University
Open Access
Library Futures
$2,500,000
2025 | 4 years
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New York University
Open Access$2,500,000
2025 | 4 years
To support librarians, policymakers, and community leaders to get fair access to digital content and services.
Peace Brigades International
Nature
Core support
$2,472,000
2025 | 4 years
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Peace Brigades International
Nature$2,472,000
2025 | 4 years
To support Peace Brigades International's work to protect environmental defenders.
University of Hamburg
Culture
Digitization of Manuscripts in Southeast Asia
$2,260,850
2025 | 5 years
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University of Hamburg
Culture$2,260,850
2025 | 5 years
To support large-scale digitization of manuscripts in maritime and mainland South-East Asia and make these freely available online.
Code for Science and Society
Open Access
The IOI Fund for Network Adoption
$1,800,000
2025 | 4 years
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Code for Science and Society
Open Access$1,800,000
2025 | 4 years
To establish a grant programme to fund networks that support open access to research.
Environmental Defenders Collaborative
Nature
Core support
$1,210,000
2025 | 4 years
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Environmental Defenders Collaborative
Nature$1,210,000
2025 | 4 years
To support frontline communities and ally networks defending rights to their lands, livelihoods, and culture in the face of violence, repression, and destructive industries.
Stiftelsen Språkmuseet
Culture
Språkmuseet
$1,052,520
2025 | 1 year
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Stiftelsen Språkmuseet
Culture$1,052,520
2025 | 1 year
To establish a language museum in Stockholm.
Stichting Internet Archive
Open Access
Theses and Dissertations: Preservation and Access
$900,160
2025 | 3 years
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Stichting Internet Archive
Open Access$900,160
2025 | 3 years
To preserve graduate theses and dissertations from thousands of institutions and make them freely available online.
National Yiddish Book Center Inc
Open Access
The Universal Yiddish Library
$750,000
2025 | 3 years
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National Yiddish Book Center Inc
Open Access$750,000
2025 | 3 years
To digitize Yiddish books and make them freely available online.
Creative Commons
Open Access
Open Infrastructure Circle
$600,000
2025 | 3 years
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Creative Commons
Open Access$600,000
2025 | 3 years
To support the technical and legal maintenance of Creative Commons Licenses.
University of Cape Town
Culture
Five Hundred Year Archive
$565,675
2025 | 5 years
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University of Cape Town
Culture$565,675
2025 | 5 years
To support a digital archive of southern African cultural heritage to digitize endangered material and keep it freely available online.