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.
Saving Nature's Strongholds
To support WCS in securing long-term conservation through a portfolio of nature strongholds - establishing or expanding protected areas and strengthening conservation of the most important existing wilderness areas
$8,000,000
2023
2 years
Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme
The Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme gives grants for large-scale restoration projects across Europe’s land and seas. The programme supports projects that will restore extensive areas of terrestrial and marine habitat so that they are resilient and self-sustaining.
Learn more$71,648,800
2023
8 years
Halcyon Land & Sea and core support
$18,000,000
2023
3.5 years
Legacy Landscapes Fund match grants
Match funding to create endowments for Chiribiquete (Colombia), Makira-Masoala (Madagascar) and Tambrauw (Indonesia).
$25,000,000
2023
1 year
WCS - Legacy Landscapes Fund
To provide Legacy Landscapes Fund with match funding for Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Leuser Ecosystem bid in Sumatra, Indonesia.
$5,000,000
2022
5 years
Core support to re:wild
$6,000,000
2022
5 years
Rewilding Argentina Ibera Wildfire Crisis Fund
To provide a donation to Rewilding Argentina's Ibera Wildlife Crisis Fund, paid through their fiscal sponsor re:wild
$100,000
2022
1 year
Advancing rewilding across Europe
To continue advancing and scaling up rewilding across Europe through the development of innovative rewilding models, starting a new initiative to accelerate wildlife comeback in Europe.
$4,999,995
2022
5 years
FFI Conservation Resilience Fund
To enable FFI to establish the Conservation Resilience Fund, to help local conservation organisations adopt new operational models to adapt to a post-COVID-19 future.
$2,000,000
2021
3 years
WCS Local Conservation Partners Fund
To establish a WCS Local Conservation Partners Fund to help build long-term capacity of select local partner groups. WCS will direct grants and capacity-building support to partners that have been impacted by COVID-19 and who seek to build more sustainable, resilient organizations.
$2,000,000
2021
3 years
European Open Rivers Programme
The Open Rivers Programme gives grants for work to remove redundant dams, weirs and other river barriers across Europe, so that rivers can flow naturally and biodiversity can flourish.
Learn more$50,575,000
2021
6 years
Crisis Support Fund
Fauna & Flora International
http://cms.fauna-flora.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020_FFI_Partner-Crisis-Support-Fund.pdf
To establish an emergency response fund to support their partners on the ground most affected by COVID19.
$1,039,316
2020
1 year
Endangered Landscapes Programme
The Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme gives grants for large-scale restoration projects across Europe’s land and seas. The programme supports projects that will restore extensive areas of terrestrial and marine habitat so that they are resilient and self-sustaining.
Learn more$35,059,365
2020
10 years
Improving Biodiversity
Towards the restoration of the historic lake, construction of the new lake, and other work that improves the biodiversity of the garden.
$642,096
2019
1 year
Acquisition of six properties in Argentina and Chile
To acquire properties of strategic value in Argentina and Chile to expand existing park areas, rewild degraded landscapes, and advance biodiversity conservation.
$15,100,000
2019
5 years
Advancing Rewilding in Europe
To support Rewilding Europe to increase its impact in making Europe a wilder place via three targeted activities: encouraging wildlife comeback; improving policy frameworks to facilitate rewilding; and developing new rewilding models to mobilise financial sector support to rewilding.
$1,776,641
2019
3 years
Millennium Seed Bank Partnership – Threatened Biodiversity Hotspots Programme
To collect seeds and build in-country conservation capacity in biodiverse hotspots experiencing rapid and drastic land use changes.
$3,250,980
2019
5 years
Nature's Strongholds programme
To support WCS in securing long-term conservation through a portfolio of nature strongholds - establishing or expanding protected areas and strengthening conservation of the most important existing wilderness areas.
$20,000,000
2019
4 years
Patagonia National Park
To create a continuous area of protected natural landscape by purchasing land adjacent to the Patagonia Park, which contains key access points and valuable habitat for threatened wildlife.
$490,000
2018
1 year
Conservation of East Asian-Australasian Flyway
Wetlands International
https://wetlands.org/news/arcadia-fund-helps-us-support-restoration-management-critical-habitats
To address threats and restore degraded habitats in the Yellow Sea region in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
$1,740,000
2018
5 years