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.
HIV/AIDS programme
To treat mothers and carers with HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
$464,550
2006
1 year
Graduate and post-graduate bursaries
To support female graduates attending the institute and provide bursaries to help them to pursue Masters’ and PhD programmes in South Africa.
$705,420
2007
1 year
Research Centre of Excellence
To acquire a site for an advanced research centre, in partnership with Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Paris-Sud XI and the South African universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch, and the Western Cape.
$313,605
2007
2 years
Towards Akhuwat's flood relief work in Pakistan
To provide interest-free micro-loans to rebuild homes and support businesses and agriculture in areas impacted by the floods in Pakistan.
$250,000
2022
1 year
Towards the Pauline Yu Fellowship Fund in Chinese or Comparative Literature
To provide a lead gift for a fellowship scheme in Chinese or Comparative Literature.
$1,000,000
2018
1 year
Core support
To support the Authors Alliance to represent the interests of academics and other authors whose primary motivation is to disseminate knowledge.
$50,000
2023
1 year
Towards core costs
To support the Authors Alliance to represent the interests of academics and other authors whose primary motivation is to disseminate knowledge.
$50,000
2024
1 year
Henry Koerner Hall
Towards a new building for student accommodations.
$2,241,088
2017
1 year
Mountbatten archives legal case
Towards the final settlement of legal costs incurred by The Andrew Lownie Literary Agency Limited in the campaign to secure public access to the Mountbatten Archive held by the University of Southampton.
$46,945
2023
1 year
Borderland Foundation core costs
To help Borderland (Fundacja Pogranicze) deliver its mission to support cross-border cultural and community exchanges.
$100,000
2021
4 years
Promoting science for all
To support public outreach to help people connect with science and benefit from it.
$91,065
2008
1 year
Yaeda Valley project
Towards protecting the forested ancestral homeland of the Hadza hunter-gatherers in the Yaeda Valley.
$71,280
2022
1 year
Endowment fund for fellows
To establish an endowment fund to provide annual fellowships for scholars working at the Center for Jewish History and with the collections of the Center and its partners.
$1,000,000
2023
1 year
Meeting room upgrade project
To provide AV equipment to support hybrid meetings at the Center for Jewish History.
$73,500
2021
1 year
Core support
To support the work of the Central European University.
$50,000
2024
1 year
Towards running costs
Towards the theatre’s running costs.
$100,000
2021
1 year
Towards running costs
Towards the theatre’s running costs.
$100,000
2020
1 year
Fellowship scheme
To help refugee academics re-establish their professional lives.
$872,500
2006
1 year
Fellowship scheme
To help refugee academics re-establish their professional lives.
$358,596
2007
2 years
Towards core costs
To support the Council’s work to conduct independent research on European foreign and security policy and provide a safe meeting space for decision-makers, activists and influencers to share ideas.
$256,838
2018
1 year