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 February 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.
Maldives Heritage Survey
To document the cultural heritage of the Maldives and make the data freely available online.
$620,000
2018
2 years
Endowment of the Eleanor Rathbone Chair in Contemporary European History
To endow the Eleanor Rathbone Chair in Modern European History at St Anthony's College, Oxford.
$1,732,500
2024
2 years
Endangered Archaeology 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.
$2,750,000
2024
3 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.
$2,774,064
2016
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
Endangered Archaeology of 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.
$4,176,159
2019
5 years
Documentation of maritime archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa
To document endangered maritime archaeological heritage in the Middle East and North Africa and to make the data freely available online.
$2,660,000
2018
5 years
Maritime Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa
To document endangered maritime archaeological heritage in the Middle East and North Africa and to make the data freely available online.
$1,499,990
2024
3 years
Documentation of rock-cut churches in Ethiopia
To document the disappearing craft of cutting rock churches in Ethiopia and make the records freely available online.
$250,000
2015
3 years
Preserving Bhutan's cultural heritage
To document the oral traditions of Bhutan and make the records freely available online.
$1,422,590
2013
5 years
The Hyku Institutional Repository platform
To improve the Hyku Institutional Repository platform to drive the growth of ‘green’ open access to research publications through institutional repositories.
$1,000,000
2019
2 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
Acquisitions and collection care
To acquire, preserve, catalogue, and digitize Cold War era (1945-1991) artefacts, artworks, and archives from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
$750,000
2019
3 years
Institute for Archival Research
Towards construction costs for the Wende Museum’s international centre for digitization and conservation of at-risk post-war archives.
$3,300,000
2022
1 year
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
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
2009
4 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.
$1,867,100
2004
1 year
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.
$991,500
2005
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.
$275,000
2008
3 years
Running costs
$100,000
2019
1 year