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 March 2025). 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.
Advancing open access at galleries, libraries, archives, and museums
To help more of the world’s public art galleries, libraries, archives and museums make their collections data and images freely available under Creative Commons licences or waivers.
$5,000,000
2021
5 years
Campaign to Increase Open Access to Research on Climate and Biodiversity
To enable Creative Commons, EIFL and SPARC to build a global campaign to promote the open sharing of climate and biodiversity research.
$2,200,100
2022
4 years
Commons Collaborative Archive and Library
To develop tools for making openly-licensed content easier to find and use.
$800,000
2018
2 years
Legal tools for open access to academic publications
To develop legal tools for open access to academic publications.
$451,782
2015
3 years