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.
Core costs
To digitize and give open access to legal documents, technical standards and safety standards that should be in the public domain.
$200,000
2014
2 years
Advancing open access
To further open access to scholarly and cultural materials
$81,060
2014
1 year
Advancing open access
To further open access to scholarly and cultural materials
$100,000
2014
1 year
Advancing open access
To further open access to scholarly and cultural materials
$100,000
2014
1 year
Advancing open access
To further open access to scholarly and cultural materials
$100,000
2014
1 year
Advancing open access
To further open access to scholarly and cultural materials
$100,000
2014
1 year
Open Access Initiative
National Library of Israel
http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/English/digitallibrary/time_journey/Pages/default.aspx
To establish the library as a model for open access.
$300,000
2014
1 year
Wikipedia Zero
To expand Wikipedia Zero, which gives free, mobile access to Wikipedia to people who cannot afford mobile data costs.
$100,000
2014
1 year
Authors Alliance
To improve public access to knowledge by promoting open access.
$250,000
2013
1 year
Improving digital preservation
To improve and promote best practices for preserving files stored on tape and disk for ten or more years.
$250,000
2011
2 years
Digital Public Library of America
To develop a working prototype of the Digital Public Library of America platform.
$2,500,000
2011
3 years
Berkman Center for Internet and Society
To promote open access at Harvard, and other universities and institutions, through consultation and collaboration, exploring cyberspace, sharing in its study & pioneering its development.
$1,000,000
2011
4 years
Supporting Open Access with Harvard Library
To improve acquisition policies and access to the library's collections.
$9,000,000
2011
5 years
Core costs of the organisation
To give free access to educational resources.
$1,250,000
2011
5 years
Harvard Library: collection and preservation services
To catalogue and digitize documents on Harvard's history, and to run the Library Lab programme to create better digital services for students and faculty.
$5,000,000
2009
6 years
Core costs of the organisation
To give free access to educational resources.
$191,750
2008
1 year
Universal Library Project
To research the feasibility of developing a universal digital library.
$50,000
2007
1 year
Publication of Einstein's papers
To preserve the archive of Einstein's scientific works, other manuscripts and correspondence and to make it available for free online.
$235,940
2006
1 year
Computerised Access to the Records of the Linnean Society (CARLS)
To digitise the society's collections and make them available for free online.
$889,200
2005
1 year
Harvard Library: global fund for open collections
To digitise key collections and make them available for free online.
$5,000,000
2004
5 years