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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Grant recipient

Climate change action

To improve climate change policy and campaign against coal in the UK and Germany.

$5,000,000

2008

5 years

Coastal conservation in West Africa

To campaign against large-scale, illegal and undocumented fishing in West African coastal waters.

$450,000

2014

4 years

Coastal conservation in West Africa

To campaign against large-scale, illegal and undocumented fishing in West African coastal waters.

$100,000

2012

2 years

Intelligence and action against wildlife trade (ReTTA Phase II)

To strengthen actions to reduce the illegal and unsustainable trade of African wild species to Asia through data gathering, information sharing, engagement and innovative interventions.

$3,000,000

2020

5 years

Protected Planet

Towards the core costs of the Protected Planet platform

$5,000,000

2021

5 years

Earth Investigations Programme

To support a grant programme for environmental investigative journalism on European affairs inside and outside Europe.

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$13,685,000

2021

6 years

Marine protection fund

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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$25,000,000

2023

5 years

Oceans 5 Partnership

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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$6,000,000

2021

3 years

Support for Blue Ventures’ core operations.

Core support for Blue Ventures’ to help it achieve its mission to rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities.

$2,500,000

2022

5 years

Biodiversity and habitat governance

To support ClientEarth’s work using legal systems to develop and enforce biodiversity and habitat governance.

$6,250,000

2023

5 years

EU Common Fisheries Policy reform

To develop an effective, enforceable framework for sustainable fisheries management that helps to protect biodiversity in the oceans.

$250,000

2011

2 years

Wildlife Defence Programme

To use legal tools and advocacy to enforce laws that protect European wildlife and habitats.

$2,992,500

2018

5 years

Wildlife Defence Programme

To use legal tools and advocacy to enforce laws that protect European wildlife and habitats.

$1,459,073

2014

3 years

Deep-sea biodiversity conservation in areas beyond national jurisdiction

To support DOSI’s work to provide expert input and guidance for the negotiations of the UN treaty on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction and the International Seabed Authority mining regulations.

$496,000

2017

5 years

Safeguarding the ocean for future generations: Advancing equity science and capacity

To support the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI), so it can continue to provide evidence-based advice to inform international policy on the management and conservation of the deep ocean.

$4,641,000

2022

10 years

Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

To support DSCC’s work to protect deep-sea ecosystems from fishing and mining, and to strengthen biodiversity conservation and governance in international oceans.

$472,000

2018

5 years

Towards work on soil carbon sequestration.

To assess the scientific foundation for agricultural soil carbon credits.

$2,500,000

2021

4 years

Ocean campaign

To support a campaign to end illegal fishing and protect marine biodiversity.

$1,500,000

2022

5 years

Oceans Campaign

To support a campaign to end illegal fishing and protect marine biodiversity, focussing on West Africa and South-East Asia.

$999,750

2017

5 years

Empowering legal actors working to protect global biodiversity

To help lawyers in under-resourced regions win legal victories that protect biodiversity and build local capacity to protect biodiversity in years to come.

$1,000,000

2021

5 years