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.
The Ronald J. Mellor Chair in Ancient History
To endow the Ronald J. Mellor Chair in Ancient History at UCLA.
$5,000,000
2014
1 year
Support for the University of California Berkeley Library
Core support for the University of California Berkeley Library.
$5,000,000
2014
2 years
Operating and acquisition costs
To acquire, preserve, catalogue and digitize Cold War era (1945-1991) artefacts, artworks and archives from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
$5,000,000
2014
5 years
Documentation of endangered archaeological heritage in the Middle East and North Africa.
To document endangered archaeological heritage in the Middle East and North Africa using satellite imagery and on-the-ground surveys and make the data freely available online.
$1,964,055
2014
3 years
Ecosystem connectivity in threatened South American landscapes
To work with local partners to conserve and manage threatened high-biodiversity areas.
$1,800,000
2014
3 years
Wildlife Defence Programme
To use legal tools and advocacy to enforce laws that protect European wildlife and habitats.
$1,459,073
2014
3 years
Documentation of Kalmyk heritage
To document the endangered cultural heritage of the Kalmyks and Oirats and make the records freely available online.
$1,207,965
2014
5 years
Conservation training in Africa
To provide core support to help the Association develop its training for African biodiversity conservation professionals.
$486,358
2014
3 years
Coastal conservation in West Africa
To campaign against large-scale, illegal and undocumented fishing in West African coastal waters.
$450,000
2014
4 years
Documenting Mandaean rituals and religious traditions
To document the rituals and priestly knowledge of the Mandaeans and to make the records freely available online.
$348,556
2014
3 years
Open Access Initiative
National Library of Israel
http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/English/digitallibrary/time_journey/Pages/default.aspx
To establish the library as a model for open access.
$300,000
2014
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.
$222,600
2014
3 years
Core costs
To support Public.Resource.Org’s work to make legal statutes and technical and safety standards freely available online.
$200,000
2014
2 years
Sinai Palimpsest Project open access online publication
To make multispectral images of manuscripts in the library of St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai, freely available online.
$200,000
2014
2 years
Wikipedia Zero
To expand Wikipedia Zero, which gives free, mobile access to Wikipedia to people who cannot afford mobile data costs.
$100,000
2014
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2014
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2014
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2014
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2014
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$81,060
2014
1 year