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.
Core support
Core support for TRAFFIC’s work to reduce illegal and unsustainable trade in wild species, and increase social, economic, and environmental benefits for people though legal and sustainable trade in wild species.
$5,240,000.41
2024
6 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
Core support
$2,500,000
2024
1 year
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
Documenting Ukraine fellowships
Documenting Ukraine seeks to contribute to creating a record of the Russo-Ukrainian War by capturing the human experience of that war and making it comprehensible to the broader world. It awards grants to journalists, scholars, public intellectuals, and archivists based in Ukraine.
$1,635,000
2024
3 years
Underground Explorers Programme
To support the programme's work to map and protect soil fungal diversity.
$1,500,000
2024
3 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
Preserving the Full Legacy of Yiddish Poet A. N. Stencl
To collect and digitize endangered archival material related to the Yiddish poet Abraham Nahum Stencl (1897-1983) and make the results freely available online.
$314,763
2024
2 years
Towards the Wikimedia endowment
To contribute to an endowment fund to support the work of the Wikimedia projects in perpetuity.
$250,000
2024
1 year
Sudan Memory project review
To review and further develop best practice models for cultural heritage digitization, using the Sudan Memory project as the starting point.
$125,470.80
2024
1 year
Protecting biodiversity through law
Scoping grant to explore a regranting programme on protecting biodiversity through law.
$110,000
2024
1 year
Core support
Core support for the work of the College.
$108,000
2024
1 year
Towards core costs
To support the Center’s work to illuminate Jewish history, culture and heritage.
$100,000
2024
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2024
1 year
Towards the costs of running the museum
$100,000
2024
1 year
Towards core costs
To support the Authors Alliance to represent the interests of academics and other authors whose primary motivation is to disseminate knowledge.
$50,000
2024
1 year
Core support
To support the work of the Central European University.
$50,000
2024
1 year
Core support
To support Oceana's campaigns to protect and restore marine habitats.
$14,000,000
2025
7 years
Core funding
To support Public.Resource.Org's work to make edicts of government freely available online.
$5,000,000
2025
6 years
To build and protect strong legislative mechanisms for nature conservation and restoration in Europe.
To support sound implementation of nature legislation in Europe, with a focus on forest resilience.
$2,754,000
2025
2.5 years