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.
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
The Endangered Material Knowledge Programme gives grants to document traditional skills and practices used in making or using things. It supports projects that document practices and skills that are being lost as mass-produced objects replace handmade items. The digitized records are available for free online.
Learn more$11,075,680
2020
8 years
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
The Endangered Material Knowledge Programme gives grants to document traditional skills and practices used in making or using things. It supports projects that document practices and skills that are being lost as mass-produced objects replace handmade items. The digitized records are available for free online.
Learn more$2,295,684
2018
4 years
Documentation of archaeological archives in Egypt
British Museum
http://britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/egypt_and_sudan/egypt_documentation_project.aspx
To provide on-the-job training in digital documentation for Egyptian heritage specialists, to digitize and publish online glass plate photographs of early archaeological displays.
$336,304
2015
2 years
TARA image project
To preserve and curate the Trust for African Rock Art's (TARA) photographic archive of more than 20,000 images, and make it available for free online.
$1,345,590
2012
6 years