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.
Coastal conservation in West Africa
To campaign against large-scale, illegal and undocumented fishing in West African coastal waters.
$450,000
2014
4 years
Halcyon Land & Sea
To work with local partners and communities to protect and restore important at-risk and biodiversity-rich natural habitats.
$5,000,000
2013
5 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
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Executive Director's post
To support the leadership of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.
$2,253,272
2013
6 years
Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
To collect seeds and build in-country conservation capacity in biodiverse hotspots experiencing rapid and drastic land use changes.
$2,000,000
2013
6 years
Conservation of birds and their habitats
To support BirdLife partners in high-biodiversity countries and to help them protect priority species and habitats.
$1,800,000
2013
6 years
Conservation training in Madagascar
To train young Malagasy, African and European biologists for careers in conservation.
$120,000
2013
1 year
Conservation of East-Atlantic Flyway
To conserve key sites for migratory birds in northern Europe and West Africa.
$900,000
2012
4 years
Rainforest seed conservation
To develop techniques for storing seeds not suitable for traditional seed preservation methods.
$600,000
2012
5 years
Conservation training in Madagascar
To train young Malagasy, African and European biologists for careers in conservation.
$110,241
2012
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
Coastal conservation in West Africa
To campaign against large-scale, illegal and undocumented fishing in West African coastal waters.
$100,000
2012
2 years
Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (ELTI)
To provide training for conservation practitioners in Asia and Central America.
$5,500,000
2011
7 years
Halcyon Marine Initiative
To work with local partners and communities to protect and restore important at-risk and biodiversity-rich marine habitats.
$5,000,000
2011
4 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Collaborative Conservation Research Fund
To support collaborative research among the Cambridge Conservation Initiative partners.
$1,500,000
2011
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
Core costs of the organisation
To support the Institute’s work to secure lasting protections for marine habitats.
$1,050,000
2011
3 years
Halcyon Land & Sea
To work with local partners and communities to protect and restore important at-risk and biodiversity-rich natural habitats.
$800,000
2011
1 year
Miriam Rothschild Travel Bursary Programme
To enable students from biodiversity-rich, cash-poor countries to participate in the Cambridge Student Conference on Conservation Science.
$500,000
2011
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