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.

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Culture

Grant recipient

California Language Archive

To provide core support to the California Language Archive at the University of California, Berkeley.

$500,000

2022

5 years

Exhibition of Islamic art

To exhibit calligraphy, textiles, jewels, metalwork, ceramics and paintings from the 9th to 19th centuries.

$93,355

2004

2 years

Exploration and conservation of African rock art

To survey, document and conserve rock art sites across Africa.

$244,988

2007

1 year

History of Jewish Mysticism and Esotericism (Toledot Torat Hasod Ha'ivrit)

To support the research and publication of Professor Joseph Dan’s multi-volume history of Jewish mysticism.

$150,000

2011

3 years

History of Jewish Mysticism and Esotericism (Toledot Torat Hasod Ha'ivrit)

To support the research and publication of Professor Joseph Dan’s multi-volume history of Jewish mysticism.

$150,000

2008

3 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

Mongolia Heritage Sites Survey

To create a publicly accessible database of endangered archaeological heritage in Mongolia using satellite imagery and on-the-ground survey.

$2,423,967

2020

5 years

Mosfell Archaeological Project

To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with the Institute for Viking and North Atlantic Studies and Vikingaminjar ehf.

$500,000

2007

5 years

Mosfell Archaeological Project

To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with the Institute for Viking and North Atlantic Studies and Vikingaminjar ehf.

$400,000

2011

3 years

Mosfell Archaeological Project

To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with UCLA and Vikingaminjar ehf.

$100,000

2011

3 years

Mosfell Archaeological Project

To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with the Institute for Viking and North Atlantic Studies and Vikingaminjar ehf.

$100,000

2011

2 years

Mosfell Archaeological Project

To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with UCLA and the Institute for Viking and North Atlantic Studies.

$100,000

2011

2 years

Reading and Writing Gallery

To showcase the origins and development of reading and writing across cultures, from the fourth century BC to the printing press.

$1,747,700

2006

1 year

Survey of digital resources in African universities

To assess the need for, and improve engagement with, digital resources in African universities.

$105,798

2009

1 year

Endangered Languages Documentation Programme

To support a grant programme to document languages which are at risk of extinction, and build a digital archive to make the results freely available online.

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$24,990,000

2021

10 years

Endangered Archives Programme

To support a grant programme to digitize archives that are in danger of destruction, neglect or deterioration, covering rare printed sources, manuscripts, photographs, and audio recordings in all languages and scripts from all periods up to the mid-20th century, and to make the records freely available online.

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$18,000,000

2023

10 years

Endangered Archives Programme

To support a grant programme to digitize archives that are in danger of destruction, neglect or deterioration, covering rare printed sources, manuscripts, photographs, and audio recordings in all languages and scripts from all periods up to the mid-20th century, and to make the records freely available online.

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$11,970,000

2018

7 years

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

To support a grant programme for documenting endangered material culture (how things are made and how they are used), and to make materials freely available online.

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$11,075,680

2020

8 years

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

To support a grant programme for documenting endangered material culture (how things are made and how they are used), and to make materials freely available online.

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$2,295,684

2018

4 years

Endangered Wooden Architecture Programme

To support a grant programme to document traditional practices of creating and maintaining wooden buildings and make the results freely available online.

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$6,057,000

2020

5 years