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.
Conservation training in Madagascar
To train young African biologists to develop careers in conservation.
$120,000
2013
1 year
Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
To expand the partnership's work in biodiversity rich low- and middle-income countries.
$2,000,000
2013
6 years
Campaigns to protect and restore the world's oceans
To reduce habitat destruction by changing fishing policies in the Americas, tropical Asia and Europe.
$5,000,000
2013
5 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
Rainforest seed conservation
To develop techniques for storing seeds not suitable for traditional seed protocols.
$600,000
2012
5 years
Conservation training in Madagascar
To train young African biologists to develop careers in conservation.
$110,241
2012
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
Environmental Funders Network
To support the development and effective management of the network.
$105,378
2012
4 years
Core costs of the organisation
To support organisational development.
$1,050,000
2011
3 years
Halcyon Land & Sea
To secure important areas of natural habitat and ensure their associated wildlife will survive.
$800,000
2011
1 year
Halcyon Marine Initiative
To create properly managed refuges for marine life whilst longer term systemic changes are made.
$5,000,000
2011
4 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Collaborative Conservation Research Fund
To support collaborative research among the initiative's partners to address high priority biodiversity conservation issues.
$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 Masters in Conservation Leadership.
$1,400,000
2011
5 years
Whitley Awards
To support the careers of award winners.
$150,000
2011
1 year
Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (ELTI)
To train conservation practitioners in tropical Asia and Central America to enable them to take responsibility for local and national conservation, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
$5,500,000
2011
7 years
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, biodiversity-friendly fisheries management.
$250,000
2011
2 years
Living Landscape Scheme
To create large conservation areas connected by wildlife corridors to protect biodiversity, in collaboration with Kent Wildlife Trust.
$500,000
2010
5 years
Living Landscape Scheme
To create large conservation areas connected by wildlife corridors to protect biodiversity, in collaboration with Sussex Wildlife Trust.
$500,000
2010
5 years
Patagonia National Park
To create a continuous area of protected natural landscape by purchasing land adjacent to the Patagonia Park, which contains key access points and valuable habitat for threatened wildlife.
$500,000
2010
1 year