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
To support the work of the Central European University.
$50,000
2024
1 year
Towards running costs
Towards the theatre’s running costs.
$100,000
2021
1 year
Towards running costs
Towards the theatre’s running costs.
$100,000
2020
1 year
Biodiversity and habitat governance
To support ClientEarth’s work using legal systems to develop and enforce biodiversity and habitat governance.
$6,250,000
2023
5 years
EU Common Fisheries Policy reform
To develop an effective, enforceable framework for sustainable fisheries management that helps to protect biodiversity in the oceans.
$250,000
2011
2 years
Wildlife Defence Programme
To use legal tools and advocacy to enforce laws that protect European wildlife and habitats.
$2,992,500
2018
5 years
Wildlife Defence Programme
To use legal tools and advocacy to enforce laws that protect European wildlife and habitats.
$1,459,073
2014
3 years
Invest in open infrastructure
To improve funding and resourcing for open technology and systems which underpin access to scholarly research.
$3,470,000
2021
3 years
OA.Works
To support the ‘Open Access Button’ project to help libraries improve users’ access to research articles.
$1,870,000
2020
4 years
The IOI Fund for Network Adoption
To establish a grant programme to fund networks that support open access to research.
$1,800,000
2025
4 years
Anticaste archives: Preserving historical and cultural memory
To digitize Dalit community and family archives in India and make these materials freely available online.
$1,700,000
2022
5 years
The Freedom of Information Archive at History Lab
To provide free online access to declassified government information and to make the content easier for users to find.
$407,000
2018
2 years
COMMUNIA International Association for the Public Domain
To develop policies and legal strategies to expand and strengthen the public domain, ensuring that everyone can always freely reuse public domain content.
$3,570,000
2022
8 years
Project Notify
To help scholarly communities organise peer-review of preprints and working papers through a not-for-profit, university-governed ecosystem that bypasses commercial publishers.
$4,000,000
2022
4 years
Ibera National Park
To create a continuous area of protected natural landscape by purchasing ecologically important land next to Iberá National Park in Argentina.
$3,000,000
2017
1 year
Patagonia National Park
To build a visitor centre in Patagonia Park in Chile.
$1,300,000
2008
3 years
Patagonia National Park
To create a continuous area of protected natural landscape by purchasing ecologically important land next to Patagonia Park in Chile.
$500,000
2010
1 year
Pumalin Park, Chile
To build a rangers’ station in Pumalin Park in Chile.
$379,000
2008
2 years
Purchase of grassland in Argentina
To purchase land and establish a new grassland reserve in Corrientes province, Argentina.
$321,000
2008
1 year
Core support to Conservation Leadership Programme
To increase the overall impact and ensure the long-term sustainability of the Conservation Leadership Programme.
$5,999,917
2019
6 years