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.
Fellowship scheme
To help refugee academics re-establish their professional lives.
$872,500
2006
1 year
Fellowship scheme
To help refugee academics re-establish their professional lives.
$358,596
2007
2 years
Courtauld Endowment Fund
To ensure the long-term financial sustainability and academic independence of the Courtauld Institute.
$7,880,000
2002
5 years
Exhibition of Islamic art
To exhibit calligraphy, textiles, jewels, metalwork, ceramics and paintings from the 9th to 19th centuries.
$93,355
2004
2 years
Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs
To provide match funding for the Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) project to increase the number of open-access scholarly books.
$1,048,000
2019
3 years
Advancing open access at galleries, libraries, archives, and museums
To help more of the world’s public art galleries, libraries, archives and museums make their collections data and images freely available under Creative Commons licences or waivers.
$5,000,000
2021
5 years
Campaign to Increase Open Access to Research on Climate and Biodiversity
To enable Creative Commons, EIFL and SPARC to build a global campaign to promote the open sharing of climate and biodiversity research.
$2,200,100
2022
4 years
Commons Collaborative Archive and Library
To develop tools for making openly-licensed content easier to find and use.
$800,000
2018
2 years
Legal tools for open access to academic publications
To develop legal tools for open access to academic publications.
$451,782
2015
3 years
A Coalition for Open Knowledge in Higher Education and Research
To develop and strengthen a coalition of universities with a shared agenda to become Open Knowledge Institutions.
$365,580
2019
2 years
Deep-sea biodiversity conservation in areas beyond national jurisdiction
To support DOSI’s work to provide expert input and guidance for the negotiations of the UN treaty on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction and the International Seabed Authority mining regulations.
$496,000
2017
5 years
Safeguarding the ocean for future generations: Advancing equity science and capacity
To support the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI), so it can continue to provide evidence-based advice to inform international policy on the management and conservation of the deep ocean.
$4,641,000
2022
10 years
Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
To support DSCC’s work to protect deep-sea ecosystems from fishing and mining, and to strengthen biodiversity conservation and governance in international oceans.
$472,000
2018
5 years
Digital Public Library of America
To develop a working prototype of a digital library platform.
$2,500,000
2011
3 years
Sinai Palimpsest Project
To digitize palimpsests in the library of St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai and make the results freely available online.
$2,100,000
2011
5 years
Sinai Palimpsest Project
To improve methods of backlighting palimpsest folios of manuscripts in the library of St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai, in preparation for their digitization.
$85,000
2009
1 year
Sinai Palimpsest Project
To improve methods of backlighting palimpsest folios of manuscripts in the library of St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai, in preparation for their digitization.
$35,000
2010
1 year
Sinai Palimpsest Project
To improve methods of backlighting palimpsest folios of manuscripts in the library of St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai, in preparation for their digitization.
$12,000
2010
1 year
Environmental Funders Network
To support the creation and development of a network of environmental funders in the UK.
$105,378
2012
4 years
Next generation library publishing
To develop new, cost-effective and community-governed open-access publishing tools and services for authors, editors and readers.
$2,200,000
2019
3 years