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
The Nature Conservancy
Nature
Eternal Mongolia - Mongolia Conservation Trust Fund
$6,000,000
2024 | 5 years
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The Nature Conservancy
Nature$6,000,000
2024 | 5 years
To complete the match fund for a newly established Mongolia Conservation Trust Fund which will oversee the Eternal Mongolia Project Finance for Permanence initiative.
University of Cambridge
Nature
Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme
$71,648,800
2023 | 8 years
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University of Cambridge
Nature$71,648,800
2023 | 8 years
To support a grant programme to support large-scale projects to restore biodiversity-rich terrestrial and marine habitats across Europe at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.
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Legacy Landscapes Fund
Nature
Legacy Landscapes Fund match grants
$25,000,000
2023 | 1 year
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Legacy Landscapes Fund
Nature$25,000,000
2023 | 1 year
Match funding to create long-term endowments for the conservation of large landscapes centred on Chiribiquete (Colombia), Makira-Masoala (Madagascar) and Tambrauw (Indonesia).
Fauna & Flora
Nature
Halcyon Land & Sea Programmes and core support
$18,000,000
2023 | 3.5 years
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Fauna & Flora
Nature$18,000,000
2023 | 3.5 years
To provide core support for Fauna & Flora and to support its work with local partners and communities to protect and restore important at-risk and biodiversity-rich natural habitats.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Nature
Saving Nature's Strongholds
$8,000,000
2023 | 2 years
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Wildlife Conservation Society
Nature$8,000,000
2023 | 2 years
To support long-term conservation by establishing or expanding protected areas and strengthening conservation of the most important existing wilderness areas.
re:wild
Nature
Core support
$6,000,000
2022 | 5 years
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re:wild
Nature$6,000,000
2022 | 5 years
To support re:wild to expand its work for nature conservation organizations worldwide.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Nature
WCS - Legacy Landscapes Fund
$5,000,000
2022 | 5 years
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Wildlife Conservation Society
Nature$5,000,000
2022 | 5 years
To provide match funding for a long-term endowment from the Legacy Landscape Fund for the conservation of the Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra, Indonesia.
Rewilding Europe
Nature
Advancing rewilding across Europe
$4,999,995
2022 | 5 years
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Rewilding Europe
Nature$4,999,995
2022 | 5 years
To promote nature restoration across Europe through the development of innovative models, including a grant programme to accelerate wildlife comeback in Europe.
re:wild
Nature
Rewilding Argentina Ibera Wildfire Crisis Fund
$100,000
2022 | 1 year
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re:wild
Nature$100,000
2022 | 1 year
To provide a donation to Rewilding Argentina’s Iberá Wildlife Crisis Fund, paid through its fiscal sponsor re:wild.
Stichting European Open Rivers Programme
Nature
European Open Rivers Programme
$50,575,000
2021 | 6 years
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Stichting European Open Rivers Programme
Nature$50,575,000
2021 | 6 years
To support a grant programme to remove redundant dams, weirs and other river barriers across Europe, so that rivers can flow naturally and biodiversity can flourish.
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Fauna & Flora
Nature
FFI Conservation Resilience Fund
$2,000,000
2021 | 3 years
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Fauna & Flora
Nature$2,000,000
2021 | 3 years
To help local conservation organizations adopt new operational models to adapt to a post-COVID-19 future.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Nature
WCS Local Conservation Partners Fund
$2,000,000
2021 | 3 years
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Wildlife Conservation Society
Nature$2,000,000
2021 | 3 years
To help local conservation organizations adopt new operational and business models to adapt to a post-COVID-19 future.
University of Cambridge
Nature
Endangered Landscapes Programme
$35,059,365
2020 | 10 years
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University of Cambridge
Nature$35,059,365
2020 | 10 years
To support a grant programme to support large-scale projects to restore biodiversity-rich habitats across Europe at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.
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Fauna & Flora
Nature
Crisis Support Fund
$1,039,316
2020 | 1 year
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Fauna & Flora
Nature$1,039,316
2020 | 1 year
To establish an emergency response fund to support Fauna & Flora’s partner organizations which were affected by COVID-19.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Nature
Nature's Strongholds programme
$20,000,000
2019 | 4 years
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Wildlife Conservation Society
Nature$20,000,000
2019 | 4 years
To support long-term conservation by establishing or expanding protected areas and strengthening conservation of the most important existing wilderness areas.
Tompkins Conservation
Nature
Acquisition of six properties in Argentina and Chile
$15,100,000
2019 | 5 years
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Tompkins Conservation
Nature$15,100,000
2019 | 5 years
To acquire properties of strategic value in Argentina and Chile to expand existing park areas, rewild degraded landscapes and advance biodiversity conservation.
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Nature
Millennium Seed Bank Partnership – Threatened Biodiversity Hotspots Programme
$3,250,980
2019 | 5 years
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Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Nature$3,250,980
2019 | 5 years
To collect seeds and build in-country conservation capacity in biodiverse hotspots experiencing rapid and drastic land use changes.
Rewilding Europe
Nature
Advancing Rewilding in Europe
$1,776,641
2019 | 3 years
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Rewilding Europe
Nature$1,776,641
2019 | 3 years
To support work to restore nature in Europe by: encouraging wildlife comeback, improving policy frameworks to facilitate rewilding, and developing new models to mobilise financial sector support for rewilding.
Royal Horticultural Society The
Nature
Improving Biodiversity
$642,096
2019 | 1 year
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Royal Horticultural Society The
Nature$642,096
2019 | 1 year
Towards the restoration of the historic lake, construction of the new lake, and other work to improve the biodiversity of the gardens at the RHS Bridgewater site.
Wetlands International
Nature
Conservation of East Asian-Australasian Flyway
$1,740,000
2018 | 5 years
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Wetlands International
Nature$1,740,000
2018 | 5 years
To conserve and restore degraded habitats in the Yellow Sea region in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.