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.
Desert of the Mamluks documentation project
Towards the documentation of endangered built heritage and oral traditions in the ‘Desert of the Mamluks’, part of Cairo’s ‘City of the Dead’ necropolis.
$79,730
2021
1 year
To support the Bard core endowment
Towards the core endowment in recognition of the Bard Network's work.
$5,000,000
2021
1 year
Internationalization of Arches data management platform software
To develop a new software module for the Arches data management platform
$325,000
2021
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$24,990,000
2021
10 years
Digitization of manuscripts in Africa and Asia
To continue the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library’s work digitizing endangered manuscripts in Africa and Asia, and to make them available online in an open-access repository.
$5,492,813
2021
5 years
Inventory of Maritime Archaeology in Pakistan
To develop a publicly accessible inventory of maritime archaeological resources in Pakistan to enable future scientific research and effective heritage management.
$495,354
2021
2 years
To support fundraising activities for the Center for Jewish History.
To support the salary of the Chief Development Officer and associated costs
$2,000,000
2021
1 year
History of Jewish Mysticism and Esotericism
To support the research and publication of Professor Joseph Dan's multi-volume history of Jewish mysticism and esotericism.
$70,000
2020
2 years
Mongolia Heritage Sites Survey
To create a publicly accessible database of endangered archaeological heritage in Mongolia using satellite imagery and on-the-ground survey.
$2,423,967
2020
5 years
Towards the costs of running the museum.
Towards the costs of running the Wende Museum.
$100,000
2020
1 year
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
The Endangered Material Knowledge Programme gives grants to document traditional skills and practices used in making or using things. It supports projects that document practices and skills that are being lost as mass-produced objects replace handmade items. The digitized records are available for free online.
Learn more$11,075,680
2020
8 years
Maritime Asia Heritage Survey
To document endangered heritage sites, inland and coastal, in the region from the Cham coast of Vietnam, through Indonesia, Brunei, and Sri Lanka to the Maldives.
$6,253,809
2020
5 years
Nepal Heritage Documentation Project
To document monuments and heritage objects in the Kathmandu Valley, and publish them online in a searchable, free database.
$3,006,209
2020
6 years
Palestinian Museum Digital Archive
To digitize endangered, dispersed and inaccessible collections of documents, photographs, videos and ephemeral materials representing the culture and history of Palestine from 1800 to the present and to make them available in an open-access online archive.
$1,900,000
2020
3 years
Endangered Wooden Architecture Programme
Oxford Brookes University
https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/tde/projects/endangered-wooden-architecture-programme/
The Endangered Wooden Architecture Programme gives grants to document traditional practices of creating and maintaining wooden buildings. The programme makes permanent records of these structures and practices and makes them freely available online.
Learn more$6,057,000
2020
5 years
Historic Ice Core
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.
$570,000
2019
3 years
Acquisitions and collection care
Towards the Wende Museum's acquisition of Eastern Bloc artefacts and care for its existing collection.
$750,000
2019
3 years
Mapping archaeological heritage in South Asia
To undertake large-scale documentation of heritage sites in Pakistan and north-western India and to make the results available online through an open-access database.
$2,304,000
2019
3 years
Mapping Africa's endangered sites and monuments
To undertake large-scale documentation of heritage sites in Sub-Saharan Africa and to make the results available online through an open-access database.
$4,249,600
2019
3 years
Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa
To document archaeological heritage in the Middle East and North Africa using satellite imagery.
$4,176,159
2019
5 years