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.
Secondary school bursaries
To provide bursaries to young women in Uganda.
$5,000,000
2005
7 years
Research, advocacy, and outreach to promote women's rights
To prevent discrimination, uphold political freedom, protect women from inhumane conduct in wartime and bring offenders to justice.
$1,000,000
2005
1 year
Scholars at Risk
To start the programme in Israel, providing short-term positions for academics at risk because of their work, prominence or exercising their basic rights.
$57,285
2005
1 year
Books for schools programme
To give one copy of each title in the Everyman collection to every state secondary school in the UK.
$284,544
2005
1 year
Centre for Economics and Financial Research
To develop a new Russian economics think tank.
$1,238,300
2004
2 years
Promotion of UK philanthropy
To increase the effectiveness of philanthropy through a programme of education and awareness-raising.
$1,808,500
2004
5 years
MBA programme
To create the international programme.
$4,336,000
2002
1 year