Founded by lisbet rausing and peter baldwin, arcadia supports charities and scholarly institutions to preserve cultural heritage, protect the environment, and promote open access. Since 2002, we have awarded more than $500 million in grants to projects around the world.
We are committed to transparency, and believe that with better information, grant-makers can be more effective decision makers. You can find information about our grants on 360Giving and on our grants directory.
Read our 2017 overview report for updates on our ongoing programmes and new Arcadia grants.
Including a bibliography of Arcadia’s publications; works on the cost of academic publishing and the open access mandate in the United Kingdom; general publications on open access; and links to useful websites and open access organizations.
Built in the 6th c., St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai holds the world's oldest continually operating library. Our new grant to @UCLA_Library will help to digitize the Monastery's ancient Arabic and Syriac manuscripts and to make them #openaccess Read more bit.ly/2PfWQah
Our new grant to @nypl will help to digitize scholarly publications and research materials, and to develop new means to remove barriers, including copyright, to works in the public domain, orphan works, and out-of-print works. Read more: on.nypl.org/2KXbujv
The #CulturalProtectionFund has launched a new round of funding to close the 2016-2020 programme. Apply now for a grant up to £300K: bit.ly/2O0VoHl Photo: A traditional dome house in pre-war Syria © arcenciel bit.ly/2lEeuqz
Our second grant to @Auths_Alliance focuses on scholarly communications services for authors who write to be read. Read more: bit.ly/2M4lw7z
Our new grant to @UniHeidelberg will help documenting 400 temples, monasteries, and other endangered historical sites in #Nepal, many damaged by earthquakes and urban change. For the press release: bit.ly/2M8tsVy Photo: Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur, Nepal
A new @Global_Witness reports reveals that many logging operations in #PapuaNewGuinea appear to be breaking the law – but continue to sell off timber from these climate-critical #rainforests overseas. For the full report: bit.ly/2LNi0gT
We have been supporting #PublicResourceOrg since 2014 in making public information available for free online. Watch @carlmalamud explain why this is important (full version: vimeo.com/272540550) vimeo.com/arcadiafund/pu…
Wikipedia is playing an increasingly important role in the fight against misinformation and #fakenews @Wikipedia @GSoW_team The 'Guerrilla' Wikipedia Editors Who Combat Conspiracy Theories wired.com/story/guerrill… via @WIRED
We support the @palmuseum to digitize endangered, dispersed and inaccessible collections of photographs, videos and ephemeral materials documenting the history of Palestine from 1800 to the present. The first 2,500 images are now online #openaccess palarchive.org/index.php/Brow…
A @Global_Witness report reveals that 2017 has been the deadliest year on record for #EnvironmentDefenders with at least 207 indigenous leaders, community activists and environmentalists murdered while trying to protect their homes and communities globalwitness.org/en-gb/campaign…
Funding opportunity for $2m through the US Ambassadors Fund for #preservation of cultural #heritage sites of minority communities in Northern #Iraq which were targeted for destruction by ISIS: grants.gov/web/grants/vie…
“We can’t let private industry control how we access, share, and speak the law. I’m grateful that the court recognized the importance of fair use to our archive.” Congratulations on yet another win @carlmalamud! twitter.com/carlmalamud/st…