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.
History of Jewish Mysticism and Esotericism (Toledot Torat Hasod Ha'ivrit)
To support the research and publication of Professor Joseph Dan's multi-volume history of Jewish mysticism and esotericism.
$150,000
2005
3 years
Centre for Economics and Financial Research
To develop a new Russian economics think tank.
$1,238,300
2004
2 years
Endangered Archives Programme
The Endangered Archives Programme gives grants to digitize archives that are in danger of destruction, neglect or deterioration. The programme supports projects that cover rare printed sources, manuscripts, photographs, and audio recordings in all languages and scripts from all periods up to the mid-20th century. All of the digitized materials are freely available online.
$16,960,153
2004
13 years
Harvard Library: global fund for open collections
To digitise key collections and make them available for free online.
$5,000,000
2004
5 years
Promotion of UK philanthropy
To increase the effectiveness of philanthropy through a programme of education and awareness-raising.
$1,808,500
2004
5 years
Operating and acquisition costs
To preserve, catalogue and digitise Cold War era (1945-1991) artefacts, artworks and archives from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
$1,867,100
2004
1 year
Exhibition of Islamic art
To exhibit calligraphy, textiles, jewels, metalwork, ceramics and paintings from the 9th to 19th centuries.
$93,355
2004
2 years
Halcyon Land & Sea
To secure important areas of natural habitat and ensure their associated wildlife will survive.
$5,000,000
2003
1 year
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme gives grants to linguists and community members to document languages around the world that are at risk of falling silent. The programme makes the digital documentation of these languages freely available online.
Learn more$33,851,813
2002
15 years
Courtauld Endowment Fund
To preserve the Institute’s academic autonomy.
$7,880,000
2002
5 years
MBA programme
To create the international programme.
$4,336,000
2002
1 year