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.
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Executive Director's post
To develop and consolidate the initiative.
$2,253,272
2013
6 years
Conservation training in Madagascar
To train young African biologists to develop careers in conservation.
$120,000
2013
1 year
Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
To expand the partnership's work in biodiversity rich low- and middle-income countries.
$2,000,000
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
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
Endowment to Department of History
To establish the Endowed History Department Chair and History Department Chair Quasi-Endowment Fund.
$10,000,000
2012
5 years
Environmental Funders Network
To support the development and effective management of the network.
$105,378
2012
4 years
TARA image project
To preserve and curate the Trust for African Rock Art's (TARA) photographic archive of more than 20,000 images, and make it available for free online.
$1,345,590
2012
6 years
Publication of African rock art image collection
To work with the British Museum to preserve, curate and share a photographic archive of more than 20,000 images and make it available for free online.
$260,000
2012
1 year
Core costs of the organisation
To support organisational development.
$1,050,000
2011
3 years
Mosfell Archaeological Project
To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with the Institute for Viking and North Atlantic Studies and Vikingaminjar ehf.
$100,000
2011
2 years
Halcyon Land & Sea
To secure important areas of natural habitat and ensure their associated wildlife will survive.
$800,000
2011
1 year
Impact assessment of digitised collections
To research and test the best methods of assessing the impact of digitised collections.
$143,000
2011
1 year
International Digital Ephemera Project
To digitize, preserve and provide free online access to endangered modern printed and digital ephemera.
$3,414,109
2011
7 years
Mosfell Archaeological Project
To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with UCLA and the Institute for Viking and North Atlantic Studies.
$100,000
2011
2 years