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 August 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.
Transforming library services
To set up a fellowship programme exploring how technology can improve access to information.
$981,300
2008
2 years
Bridget Phillips professorship
Support towards a new professorial position in memory of Bridget Phillips at the University of Florida.
$200,000
2023
1 year
Endowment of the Eleanor Rathbone Chair in Contemporary European History
To endow the Eleanor Rathbone Chair in Modern European History at St Anthony's College, Oxford.
$1,732,500
2024
2 years
Collections Research Institute development
To support the refurbishment of the Wende Museum's Hawthorne building to create a world-class collections and research institute.
$4,000,000
2025
3 years
Wende endowment
Towards a permanent endowment for the Wende Museum for collections care and acquisitions and general operations.
$12,500,000
2024
1 year
Endowment for Westminster Cathedral Choir
Westminster Cathedral Choral Foundation
https://westminstercathedral.org.uk/music/the-choral-foundation/
To establish a permanent endowment fund to support the choir at Westminster Cathedral.
$6,750,000
2025
1 year
Towards the Wikimedia endowment
To contribute to an endowment fund to support the work of the Wikimedia projects in perpetuity.
$1,000,000
2026
1 year
The Hall of Graduate Studies
To refurbish the Hall of Graduate Studies and to support work to transform it into a centre for the humanities at Yale.
$25,000,000
2015
3 years