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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Oceana Inc

Nature
Core support

$14,000,000

2025 | 7 years

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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To support WJC’s investigation and prosecution of high-level wildlife crime cases.