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.
Wende endowment
Towards an endowment for the Wende Museum for collections care and acquisitions and general operations.
$12,500,000
2024
1 year
Towards the costs of running the museum
$100,000
2023
1 year
Towards the costs of running the museum
$100,000
2022
1 year
Institute for Archival Research
Towards construction costs for the Wende Museum's international centre for digitization and conservation of at-risk post-war archives
$3,300,000
2022
1 year
Soviet Jewry project
Towards preserving, documenting and providing access to historical materials relating to Soviet Jewry, the Refusenik movement and the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora
$1,500,000
2021
3 years
Towards the costs of running the museum
Towards the costs of running the Wende Museum
$100,000
2021
1 year
Towards the costs of running the museum.
Towards the costs of running the Wende Museum.
$100,000
2020
1 year
Acquisitions and collection care
Towards the Wende Museum's acquisition of Eastern Bloc artefacts and care for its existing collection.
$750,000
2019
3 years
Wende endowment
Towards an endowment for the Wende Museum with proceeds specifically for collections care and acquisitions.
$7,500,000
2019
10 years
Wende archival digitization
Digitizing approximately 50,000 pages of the most important archival material held by the Wende and putting it online.
$450,000
2019
3 years
Running costs
$100,000
2019
1 year
Operating and acquisition costs
To preserve, catalogue and digitise Cold War era (1945-1991) artefacts, artworks and archives from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
$5,000,000
2014
5 years
Operating and acquisition costs
To preserve, catalogue and digitise Cold War era (1945-1991) artefacts, artworks and archives from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
$5,000,000
2009
4 years
Operating and acquisition costs
To preserve, catalogue and digitise Cold War era (1945-1991) artefacts, artworks and archives from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
$275,000
2008
3 years
Operating and acquisition costs
To preserve, catalogue and digitise Cold War era (1945-1991) artefacts, artworks and archives from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
$991,500
2005
2 years
Operating and acquisition costs
To preserve, catalogue and digitise Cold War era (1945-1991) artefacts, artworks and archives from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
$1,867,100
2004
1 year