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.

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Culture

Grant recipient

Wende archival digitization

Digitizing approximately 50,000 pages of the most important archival material held by the Wende and putting it online.

$450,000

2019

3 years

Core support

To support the Turquoise Mountain Trust's work with artisans in Afghanistan, Myanmar and Jordan

$30,285

2019

1 year

"Maktoub" - Digital preservation and open access to Arabic and Islamic manuscripts and rare books

To digitize manuscripts and books, including the Yahuda collection and Arab-Palestinian collection, and make them freely available online with metadata in Arabic and English.

$780,485

2019

1 year

Running costs

Towards the costs of running the museum

$100,000

2019

1 year

Wende endowment

Towards an endowment for the Wende Museum with proceeds specifically for collections care and acquisitions.

$7,500,000

2019

10 years

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.

$68,000

2018

2 years

Modern Endangered Archives Program

The Modern Endangered Archives Program gives grants to digitize endangered archival materials from the 20th and 21st centuries. The programme supports projects that digitize printed materials, manuscripts, photographs, audio-visual recordings and born-digital materials from the mid-20th century onwards. All of the digitized materials are freely available online.

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$5,500,000

2018

6 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.

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$11,970,000

2018

7 years

Central Asian Archaeological Landscapes

To create an online open-access database of heritage sites in Central Asia, combining archival records and new documentation of sites.

$3,843,700

2018

5 years

Endowment for the Center for Jewish History

To increase the centre’s fundraising capacity, and to provide match-funding for an endowment supporting the centre’s work in digitization and archival preservation.

$3,500,000

2018

3 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 publish the results through an online database.

$2,660,000

2018

5 years

Maldives Heritage Survey

To document the cultural heritage of the Maldives, and to publish the material online in an open-access database

$620,000

2018

2 years

Documentation of endangered historic buildings with frescoes in Shanxi Province, China

To survey and document endangered historic buildings with frescoes in Shanxi Province, ranging in date from early medieval to 19th century, and to publish the results online in an open-access bilingual database.

$1,047,438

2018

6 years

Digitization of Syriac and Arabic manuscripts in Saint Catherine Monastery, Sinai

To digitize and publish online the Arabic and Syriac manuscript codices of St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai.

$980,051

2018

3 years

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.

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$2,295,684

2018

4 years

Nepal cultural heritage documentation project

To document monuments and heritage objects in the Kathmandu Valley, and publish them online in a searchable, free database

$945,748

2018

2 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

2017

3 years

Towards the Centennial Campaign

To extend the reach of the Council's fellowship programme

$2,000,000

2017

4 years

Digitization of manuscripts in South-East Asia

To fund large-scale digitization of manuscripts in maritime and mainland South-East Asia, and to make these available in an open-access online archive.

$2,173,500

2017

5 years

Digitization of manuscripts in the Middle East and Africa

To digitize endangered manuscripts in libraries in the Middle East, Africa and India and to make them available for free online.

$4,000,000

2016

5 years