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 August 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.

Discretionary

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Fundación Alejandro Ángel Escobar

Discretionary
Colombia Biodiversa fund

$500,000

2026 | 1 year

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To support students studying biodiversity in Colombia.

New York University - Remarque Institute

Discretionary
Core support

$150,000

2026 | 3 years

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Towards fellowships that support the multi-disciplinary and comparative study of Europe and its near neighbours.

Westminster Cathedral Choral Foundation

Discretionary
Endowment for Westminster Cathedral Choir

$6,750,000

2025 | 1 year

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To establish a permanent endowment fund to support the choir at Westminster Cathedral.

Harvard University

Discretionary
Harvard University Presidential Priorities Fund

$5,000,000

2025 | 1 year

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To support Harvard University's work.

Mayfield School

Discretionary
Chapel restoration project

$605,000

2025 | 1 year

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To provide essential repairs to the 13th Century former Archbishop’s palace that now serves as the Chapel for Mayfield School, ensuring its continued use and preserving the Chapel’s historic fabric.

Stichting European Review of Books

Discretionary
Core support

$160,000

2025 | 3 years

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To support the European Review of Books and help it make more content accessible online.

Ukrainian Red Cross Society

Discretionary
Core support

$141,752

2025 | 1 year

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To support the Ukrainian Red Cross's work providing critical emergency relief, medical care, and social support.

Ukrainian Red Cross Society

Discretionary
Core support

$130,207

2025 | 1 year

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To support the Ukrainian Red Cross's work providing critical emergency relief, medical care, and social support.

Ukrainian Red Cross Society

Discretionary
Core support

$67,500

2025 | 1 year

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To support the Ukrainian Red Cross's work providing critical emergency relief, medical care, and social support.

Authors Alliance

Discretionary
Core support

$50,000

2025 | 1 year

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To support the Authors Alliance to represent the interests of academics and other authors whose primary motivation is to disseminate knowledge.

Central European University

Discretionary
Core support

$50,000

2025 | 1 year

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To support the work of the Central European University.

Nisit Sam Yan Company Limited

Discretionary
Spirit of Sam Yan Space

$30,000

2025 | 1 year

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To create a new library and event space.

Wende Museum

Discretionary
Wende endowment

$12,500,000

2024 | 1 year

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Towards a permanent endowment for the Wende Museum for collections care and acquisitions and general operations.

Ukrainian Red Cross Society

Discretionary
Core support

$2,500,000

2024 | 1 year

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To support the Ukrainian Red Cross's work providing critical emergency relief, medical care, and social support.

University of Oxford - Faculty of History

Discretionary
Endowment of the Eleanor Rathbone Chair in Contemporary European History

$1,732,500

2024 | 2 years

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To endow the Eleanor Rathbone Chair in Modern European History at St Anthony's College, Oxford.

Institute for Human Sciences

Discretionary
Documenting Ukraine fellowships

$1,635,000

2024 | 3 years

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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.

International University College of Turin

Discretionary
Core support

$108,000

2024 | 1 year

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To support the work of the College.

Authors Alliance

Discretionary
Core support

$50,000

2024 | 1 year

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To support the Authors Alliance to represent the interests of academics and other authors whose primary motivation is to disseminate knowledge.

Central European University

Discretionary
Core support

$50,000

2024 | 1 year

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To support the work of the Central European University.

The National Archives

Discretionary
Digitising the National Farm Survey

$2,553,878

2023 | 3 years

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To digitize the records of the National Farm Survey of England and Wales (1941-1943), and make them freely available online, together with a tool that makes each farm searchable.