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.
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Grant recipient
Purpose
Grant details
Oceana Inc
Nature
Core support
$14,000,000
2025 | 7 years
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Oceana Inc
Nature$14,000,000
2025 | 7 years
To support Oceana's campaigns to protect and restore marine habitats.
European Climate Foundation
Nature
European nature law
$2,754,000
2025 | 2.5 years
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European Climate Foundation
Nature$2,754,000
2025 | 2.5 years
To support sound implementation of nature legislation in Europe, with a focus on forest resilience.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Nature
Oceans 5 General Fund
$12,500,000
2024 | 5 years
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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Nature$12,500,000
2024 | 5 years
To support a collaborative grant programme to help stop overfishing, establish marine protected areas, and constrain offshore oil and gas development, to provide lasting benefits to coastal communities and the world’s oceans.
TRAFFIC
Nature
Core support
$5,240,000
2024 | 6 years
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TRAFFIC
Nature$5,240,000
2024 | 6 years
To support TRAFFIC’s work to reduce illegal and unsustainable trade in wild species, and increase social, economic, and environmental benefits for people though legal and sustainable trade in wild species.
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
Nature
Protecting biodiversity through law
$110,000
2024 | 1 year
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Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
Nature$110,000
2024 | 1 year
Scoping grant to explore a regranting programme on protecting biodiversity through law.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Nature
Joint 30x30 Funding Initiative
$25,000,000
2023 | 5 years
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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Nature$25,000,000
2023 | 5 years
To support a joint grant programme with Bloomberg Philanthropies for work towards the target of protecting 30% of the world’s marine and coastal areas by 2030.
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ClientEarth
Nature
Biodiversity and habitat governance
$6,250,000
2023 | 5 years
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ClientEarth
Nature$6,250,000
2023 | 5 years
To support ClientEarth’s work using legal systems to develop and enforce biodiversity and habitat governance.
Global Witness
Nature
Support for the Forest Campaign
$3,795,000
2023 | 5 years
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Global Witness
Nature$3,795,000
2023 | 5 years
To constrain the role of finance in the destruction of climate-critical tropical forests and related human rights abuses. This is vital for combatting global climate change and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.
European Climate Foundation
Nature
EU Nature Restoration Law
$1,100,000
2023 | 1 year
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European Climate Foundation
Nature$1,100,000
2023 | 1 year
To provide support to environmental organizations, citizen groups and grassroots movements to strengthen the EU’s negotiation of the Nature Restoration Law.
Oceans 5
Nature
Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
$339,000
2023 | 3 years
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Oceans 5
Nature$339,000
2023 | 3 years
To support DSCC’s work to protect deep-sea ecosystems from fishing and mining, and strengthen biodiversity conservation and governance in international oceans.
Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI)
Nature
Safeguarding the ocean for future generations: Advancing equity science and capacity
$4,641,000
2022 | 10 years
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Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI)
Nature$4,641,000
2022 | 10 years
To support the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative to provide evidence-based advice to inform international policy on the management and conservation of the deep ocean.
Blue Ventures Conservation
Nature
Core support
$2,500,000
2022 | 5 years
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Blue Ventures Conservation
Nature$2,500,000
2022 | 5 years
To support Blue Ventures to rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities.
Global Canopy
Nature
Core support
$1,725,000
2022 | 4 years
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Global Canopy
Nature$1,725,000
2022 | 4 years
To support Global Canopy to bring transparency and accountability to market impacts on nature.
Environmental Justice Foundation
Nature
Ocean campaign
$1,500,000
2022 | 5 years
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Environmental Justice Foundation
Nature$1,500,000
2022 | 5 years
To support a campaign to end illegal fishing and protect marine biodiversity.
JournalismFund Europe
Nature
Earth Investigations Programme
$13,685,000
2021 | 6 years
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JournalismFund Europe
Nature$13,685,000
2021 | 6 years
To support a grant programme for environmental investigative journalism on European affairs inside and outside Europe.
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Oceans 5
Nature
Oceans 5 General Fund
$6,000,000
2021 | 3 years
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Oceans 5
Nature$6,000,000
2021 | 3 years
To support a collaborative grant programme to help stop overfishing, establish marine protected areas, and constrain offshore oil and gas development, to provide lasting benefits to coastal communities and the world’s oceans.
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UNEP-WCMC
Nature
Protected Planet
$5,000,000
2021 | 5 years
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UNEP-WCMC
Nature$5,000,000
2021 | 5 years
To support UNEP-WCMC to provide up-to-date data on protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures.
Environmental Defense Fund
Nature
Soil carbon sequestration
$2,500,000
2021 | 4 years
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Environmental Defense Fund
Nature$2,500,000
2021 | 4 years
To assess the scientific foundation for agricultural soil carbon credits.
Forest Peoples Programme
Nature
Environmental Governance Programme
$1,380,000
2021 | 5 years
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Forest Peoples Programme
Nature$1,380,000
2021 | 5 years
To support the Forest Peoples Programme’s environmental governance programme to protect terrestrial biodiversity.
The Wildlife Justice Commission
Nature
Core support
$1,190,000
2021 | 5 years
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The Wildlife Justice Commission
Nature$1,190,000
2021 | 5 years
To support WJC’s investigation and prosecution of high-level wildlife crime cases.