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.
Conservation training in Africa
To provide core support to help the Association develop its training for African biodiversity conservation professionals.
$486,358
2014
3 years
Conservation training in Madagascar
To train young Malagasy, African and European biologists for careers in conservation.
$120,000
2013
1 year
Conservation training in Madagascar
To train young Malagasy, African and European biologists for careers in conservation.
$110,241
2012
1 year
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Collaborative Conservation Research Fund
To support collaborative research among the Cambridge Conservation Initiative partners.
$1,500,000
2016
3 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: Collaborative Conservation Research Fund
To support collaborative research among the Cambridge Conservation Initiative partners.
$1,319,458
2009
3 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Endangered Landscapes Programme - Inception Phase
To support preparatory work by the Cambridge Conservation Initiative on a grant programme for large-scale habitat restoration projects in Europe.
Learn more$305,000
2016
2 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Endowment of Directorship
To establish an endowment fund for the Cambridge Conservation Initiative Directorship.
$10,000,000
2016
11 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Executive Director's post
To support the leadership of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.
$2,253,272
2013
6 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: executive director's post
To support the leadership of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.
$1,644,913
2008
6 years
Conservation Evidence
To publish and make widely available evidence-based conservation strategies to help conservation practitioners make effective decisions.
$1,060,000
2015
5 years
Conservation Evidence
To publish and make widely available evidence-based conservation strategies to help conservation practitioners make effective decisions.
$540,668
2009
6 years
Conservation Evidence
To publish and make widely available evidence-based conservation strategies to help conservation practitioners make effective decisions.
$177,672
2020
1 year
Conservation Evidence
To publish and make widely available evidence-based conservation strategies to help conservation practitioners make effective decisions.
$138,000
2021
1 year
Miriam Rothschild Professorship of Conservation Biology
To endow a Professorship of Conservation Biology at the University of Cambridge.
$6,635,560
2006
5 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.
$549,400
2016
6 years
Miriam Rothschild Travel Bursary Programme and Scholarships Programme
To enable students from biodiversity-rich, cash-poor countries to participate in the University’s Student Conference on Conservation Science, and to provide scholarships to PhD students in the Department of Zoology.
$1,039,640
2006
5 years
Conservation of East Asian-Australasian Flyway
Wetlands International
https://wetlands.org/news/arcadia-fund-helps-us-support-restoration-management-critical-habitats
To conserve and restore degraded habitats in the Yellow Sea region in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
$1,740,000
2018
5 years
Whitley Awards
To provide core support to the Whitley Fund for Nature.
$935,550
2006
1 year
Whitley Awards
To support the careers of Whitley Award winners.
$150,000
2011
1 year