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 July 2024). 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.
Ecosystem connectivity in threatened South American landscapes
To secure new areas of high biodiversity value under conservation management, in collaboration with local partners
$1,800,000
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
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 further open access to scholarly and cultural materials
$100,000
2014
1 year
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Executive Director's post
To develop and consolidate the initiative.
$2,253,272
2013
6 years
Campaigns to protect and restore the world's oceans
To reduce habitat destruction by changing fishing policies in the Americas, tropical Asia and Europe.
$5,000,000
2013
5 years
Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
To expand the partnership's work in biodiversity rich low- and middle-income countries.
$2,000,000
2013
6 years
Conservation training in Madagascar
To train young African biologists to develop careers in conservation.
$120,000
2013
1 year
Conservation of birds and their habitats
To build the capacity of national Birdlife partners in high-biodiversity countries, to ensure that priority species and habitats are sustainably managed.
$1,800,000
2013
6 years
Historical Ice Core Project
Harvard University (Department of History)
http://sohp.fas.harvard.edu/historical-ice-core-heart-europe
To document and interpret historical environmental data captured in an ice core from a glacier in the Alps.
$525,000
2013
4 years
National Anthropological Archives
To digitize a collection of ethnographic sound recordings and associated manuscripts and to make it available for free online.
$1,000,000
2013
3 years
Preserving Bhutan's cultural heritage
To document the oral traditions of Bhutan and make the records available for free online.
$1,422,590
2013
5 years
Authors Alliance
To improve public access to knowledge by promoting open access.
$250,000
2013
1 year
Halcyon Land & Sea
To secure important areas of natural habitat and ensure their associated wildlife will survive.
$5,000,000
2013
5 years
Exploration and conservation of African rock art
To survey, document and conserve rock art sites across Africa.
$150,000
2012
0 years
College fellows fund
To support Harvard College Fellows Program
$10,000,000
2012
4 years
Coastal conservation in West Africa
To campaign against large-scale, illegal and undocumented fishing in West African coastal waters.
$100,000
2012
2 years
Rainforest seed conservation
To develop techniques for storing seeds not suitable for traditional seed protocols.
$600,000
2012
5 years
Conservation training in Madagascar
To train young African biologists to develop careers in conservation.
$110,241
2012
1 year
Conservation of East-Atlantic Flyway
To conserve key sites for migratory birds in northern Europe and West Africa.
$900,000
2012
4 years