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.
Core costs of the organisation
To support organizational consolidation and develop a focus on protecting and supporting biodiversity.
$2,550,000
2010
4 years
Dead Sea Scrolls online database
To develop resources related to the Dead Sea Scrolls and make them freely available online.
$1,000,000
2010
4 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
Patagonia National Park
To create a continuous area of protected natural landscape by purchasing ecologically important land next to Patagonia Park in Chile.
$500,000
2010
1 year
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
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
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
Core costs of the organisation
To support the Institute’s work to secure lasting protections for marine habitats.
$450,000
2010
4 years
Publication of Einstein's Papers
To preserve the archive of Einstein’s scientific works, other manuscripts and correspondence and make it freely available online.
$45,000
2010
2 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.
$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
Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage
To build a new cultural heritage conservation and digitization centre at Yale University.
$25,000,000
2011
5 years
Supporting Open Access with Harvard Library
To improve acquisition policies and open access to the library’s collections.
$9,000,000
2011
5 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
President's discretionary fund for Harvard Library
To support the work of Harvard Library.
$5,000,000
2011
5 years
International Digital Ephemera Project
To digitize, preserve and provide free online access to endangered modern printed and digital ephemera.
$3,414,109
2011
7 years
Digitization of manuscripts in the Middle East and Africa
To digitize endangered manuscripts in libraries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia and to make them freely available online.
$3,000,000
2011
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