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 March 2025). 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 costs
To help IntoUniversity deliver its mission to establish local learning centres that inspire young people to achieve.
$256,838
2018
1 year
Illuminated River Project
To support a scheme for lighting central London’s bridges along the River Thames.
$6,162,728
2017
3 years
Henry Koerner Hall
Towards a new building for student accommodations.
$2,241,088
2017
1 year
The Hall of Graduate Studies
To refurbish the Hall of Graduate Studies and to support work to transform it into a centre for the humanities at Yale.
$25,000,000
2015
3 years
President's discretionary fund for Harvard Library
To support the work of Harvard Library.
$5,000,000
2011
5 years
Promotion of UK philanthropy
To support the Institute’s work to increase the effectiveness of philanthropy through education and raising awareness.
$1,777,138
2009
5 years
Improving public policy through better understanding of history
To connect historians with policy-makers.
$152,000
2009
1 year
International Institute and Department of History
To support a visiting professorship in the International Institute and Department of History.
$75,000
2009
5 years
Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme
To provide five bursaries for graduates and young professionals from the USA to undertake graduate studies at Oxford University.
$2,623,373
2008
5 years
Core costs of the organisation
To support the Institute’s cultural, educational and policy programmes.
$2,170,173
2008
5 years
Hans Rausing Scholarships endowment fund
To endow a programme of PhD scholarships at Imperial College.
$1,970,100
2008
5 years
Transforming library services
To set up a fellowship programme exploring how technology can improve access to information.
$981,300
2008
2 years
Promoting science for all
To support public outreach to help people connect with science and benefit from it.
$91,065
2008
1 year
Sidney Verba Library endowment fund
To contribute to a permanent endowment to support innovation in digital acquisitions and collections and their preservation.
$1,000,000
2007
5 years
Graduate and post-graduate bursaries
To support female graduates attending the institute and provide bursaries to help them to pursue Masters’ and PhD programmes in South Africa.
$705,420
2007
1 year
Fellowship scheme
To help refugee academics re-establish their professional lives.
$358,596
2007
2 years
Research Centre of Excellence
To acquire a site for an advanced research centre, in partnership with Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Paris-Sud XI and the South African universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch, and the Western Cape.
$313,605
2007
2 years
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation
To train leaders in global conflict resolution.
$101,560
2007
2 years
Visiting fellowship
To support a visiting fellowship at the Reuters Institute.
$64,691
2007
1 year
Religion and Democracy in Europe
To research how Europe can peacefully accommodate changing attitudes to religion without compromising secular democratic freedoms.
$19,472
2007
1 year