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 February 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.
Modern Endangered Archives Program capacity increase
The Regents of the University of California
https://library.ucla.edu/partnerships/modern-endangered-archives-program
To support a grant programme to digitize endangered printed materials, manuscripts, photographs, audio-visual recordings and born-digital materials from the 20th and 21st centuries, and make the digitized materials freely available online.
$2,000,000
2026
4 years
Documenting the contemporary history of science in India
To collect and digitize at-risk material related to the history of science in South Asia since the early 19th century, and to make the results freely available online.
$1,800,000
2026
5 years
Digitisation of historic aerial photographs from the Middle East and North Africa
To support the digitization of historic aerial photographs from the Middle East and North Africa to provide accurately geo-referenced mosaics of aerial photographic coverage, and to make the results freely available online.
$404,739.45
2026
1 year
Digitization of West African archives
To support the Dikan Center to digitize West African archival collections and make the materials freely available online.
$100,000
2026
1 year
Core support
To support Oceana's campaigns to protect and restore marine habitats.
$14,000,000
2025
7 years
Core funding
To support Public.Resource.Org's work to make edicts of government freely available online.
$5,000,000
2025
6 years
To build and protect strong legislative mechanisms for nature conservation and restoration in Europe.
To support sound implementation of nature legislation in Europe, with a focus on forest resilience.
$2,754,000
2025
2.5 years
The Global Gramophone: Early commercial sound recordings around the world
To digitize the shellac discs in the so-called ‘Orient’ catalogue, and to make these audio files freely available online.
$2,541,000
2025
5 years
Library Futures
To support librarians, policymakers, and community leaders to get fair access to digital content and services.
$2,500,000
2025
4 years
Core support
To support Peace Brigades International's work to protect environmental defenders.
$2,472,000
2025
4 years
Digitization of Manuscripts in Southeast Asia
To support large-scale digitization of manuscripts in maritime and mainland South-East Asia and make these freely available online.
$2,260,850
2025
5 years
The IOI Fund for Network Adoption
To establish a grant programme to fund networks that support open access to research.
$1,800,000
2025
4 years
Arches Endowment
To support the Arches open-source software platform, including the software’s maintenance and technology upgrades, ongoing enhancements, and advancing the capacity of the world-wide open-source community to implement Arches.
$1,500,000
2025
1 year
Core support.
To support the Environmental Defenders Collaborative's work to provide funding for environmental human rights defenders.
$1,210,000
2025
4 years
Theses and Dissertations: Preservation and Access
To preserve graduate theses and dissertations from thousands of institutions and make them freely available online.
$900,160
2025
3 years
Mapping Archaeological Pre-Columbian Heritage in South America
To document the pre-Columbian archaeological heritage of South America, focussing on Brazil and Colombia, and make the results freely available online.
$433,630
2025
1 year
Towards the Wikimedia Endowment
To contribute to an endowment fund to support the work of the Wikimedia projects in perpetuity.
$250,000
2025
1 year
Towards core costs
To support the Center’s work to illuminate Jewish history, culture and heritage.
$100,000
2025
1 year
Towards the costs of running the museum
$100,000
2025
1 year
Legacy Landscapes Fund Learning Event
To support the costs of a workshop for Legacy Landscape Fund's partners to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing.
$54,000
2025
1 year