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.
Open Access Button
To develop free, open-source tools to help libraries find open-access copies of publications.
$422,000
2018
2 years
The Freedom of Information Archive at History Lab
To provide free online access to declassified government information and to make the content easier for users to find.
$407,000
2018
2 years
On the ground conservation work in the trust's wildlife reserves
Towards work on the Perthshire wildlife reserves and on the Largiebaan restoration project.
$256,838
2018
1 year
Mountain Willow Project
To propagate and plant rare and hard-to-grow montane scrub willow species.
$256,000
2018
5 years
Advancing Open Access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2018
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2018
1 year
History of Jewish Mysticism and Esotericism
To support the research and publication of Professor Joseph Dan’s multi-volume history of Jewish mysticism and esotericism.
$68,000
2018
2 years
Halcyon Programmes and core institutional support
To provide core support for Fauna & Flora and support its work with local partners and communities to protect and restore important at-risk and biodiversity-rich natural habitats.
$25,960,684
2017
6 years
Towards the Wikimedia Endowment
To contribute to an endowment fund to support the work of the Wikimedia projects in perpetuity.
$5,000,000
2017
1 year
Ibera National Park
To create a continuous area of protected natural landscape by purchasing ecologically important land next to Iberá National Park in Argentina.
$3,000,000
2017
1 year
Digitization of manuscripts in South-East Asia
To fund large-scale digitization of manuscripts in maritime and mainland South-East Asia and make these freely available online.
$2,173,500
2017
5 years
Towards the Centennial Campaign
To extend the reach of the Council’s fellowship programme.
$2,000,000
2017
4 years
Palestinian Museum Digital Archive
To digitize endangered, dispersed and inaccessible collections of documents, photographs, videos and ephemeral materials representing the culture and history of Palestine from 1800 to the present and make them freely available online.
$1,900,000
2017
3 years
Oceans Campaign
To support a campaign to end illegal fishing and protect marine biodiversity, focussing on West Africa and South-East Asia.
$999,750
2017
5 years
Deep-sea biodiversity conservation in areas beyond national jurisdiction
To support DOSI’s work to provide expert input and guidance for the negotiations of the UN treaty on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction and the International Seabed Authority mining regulations.
$496,000
2017
5 years
Core costs of the organisation
To support the work of the Wikimedia projects.
$250,000
2017
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$200,000
2017
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,053
2017
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2017
1 year
Advancing open acces
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2017
1 year