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.
Global Urban Alliance
International Union for Conservation of Nature
https://iucn.org/news/secretariat/201809/iucn-launches-global-alliance-greener-cities
To establish a global alliance to develop and promote a standard set of indicators on urban ecosystem health that enable cities to identify the challenges of becoming greener environments and evaluate their efforts to do so.
$434,700
2020
3 years
Earth Journalism Network
To support local journalists to investigate and report worldwide on the threats to biodiversity and nature-based solutions.
$450,000
2015
4 years
Earth Journalism Network - Biodiversity Media Initiative
To support local journalists to investigate and report worldwide on the threats to biodiversity and nature-based solutions.
$750,000
2020
3 years
Chief scientific officer's post
To provide advice to the Trust and its partners on wild land conservation and biodiversity management.
$302,420
2008
3 years
Legacy Landscapes Fund Learning Event
To support the costs of a workshop for Legacy Landscape Fund's partners to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing.
$54,000
2025
1 year
Legacy Landscapes Fund match grants
Match funding to create long-term endowments for the conservation of large landscapes centred on Chiribiquete (Colombia), Makira-Masoala (Madagascar) and Tambrauw (Indonesia).
$25,000,000
2023
1 year
Changing US ocean management
To support work to improve marine spatial planning (co-ordinated protection of the oceans) in US Government ocean policy.
$500,000
2010
4 years
Changing US ocean management
To support work to improve marine spatial planning (co-ordinated protection of the oceans) in US Government ocean policy.
$500,000
2009
2 years
Core costs of the organisation
To support the Institute’s work to secure lasting protections for marine habitats.
$1,500,000
2007
1 year
Core costs of the organisation
To support the Institute’s work to secure lasting protections for marine habitats.
$1,050,000
2011
3 years
Core costs of the organisation
To support the Institute’s work to secure lasting protections for marine habitats.
$450,000
2010
4 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Masters in Conservation Leadership
Masters in Conservation Leadership - University of Cambridge
https://www.cambridgeconservation.org/our-work/mphil-in-conservation-leadership/
To enable students from biodiversity-rich, cash-poor countries to participate in the Cambridge MPhil in Conservation Leadership.
$3,000,000
2022
10 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Masters in Conservation Leadership
To enable students from biodiversity-rich, cash-poor countries to participate in the Cambridge MPhil in Conservation Leadership.
$1,625,000
2015
5 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Masters in Conservation Leadership
To enable students from biodiversity-rich, cash-poor countries to participate in the Cambridge MPhil in Conservation Leadership.
$1,400,000
2011
5 years
Baltic Sea Campaign
To enforce existing laws and regulations to reduce illegal fishing and identify areas in need of protection.
$1,000,000
2010
2 years
Campaigns to protect and restore the world's oceans
To promote fishing policies that protect habitats in the Americas, tropical Asia and Europe.
$5,000,000
2013
5 years
Core costs of the organisation
To support organizational consolidation and develop a focus on protecting and supporting biodiversity.
$5,250,000
2007
1 year
Core costs of the organisation
To support organizational consolidation and develop a focus on protecting and supporting biodiversity.
$2,550,000
2010
4 years
Core support
To support Oceana's campaigns to protect and restore marine habitats.
$14,000,000
2025
7 years
Marine Wildlife Protection
To influence policy that helps to protect and restore marine life and ecosystems in high biodiversity areas.
$10,500,000
2018
7 years