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.
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.
Learn more$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.
Learn more$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.
Learn more$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.
Learn more$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.
Learn more$2,295,684
2018
4 years
Endangered Wooden Architecture Programme
Oxford Brookes University
https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/tde/projects/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.
Learn more$6,057,000
2020
5 years