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.

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Protecting biodiversity through law

Scoping grant for ELAW to explore a regranting programme on protecting biodiversity through law

$110,000

2024

1 year

Wende endowment

Towards an endowment for the Wende Museum for collections care and acquisitions and general operations.

$12,500,000

2024

1 year

OpenAlex: a free index for the world's research

To support the growth, development, and institutional usage of OpenAlex - an open and comprehensive index of scholarly works, authors, and institutions.

$7,500,000

2024

5 years

Towards core costs

$100,000

2023

1 year

Towards the Wikimedia endowment

$250,000

2023

1 year

To support a new staff editor

Towards the costs of a new staff editor for Places Journal - a free scholarly publication dedicated to architecture, landscape and urbanism, and promoting equitable cities and resilient landscapes.

$500,000

2023

5 years

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

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

Core costs to the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

To support the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition to continue its mission to protect deep-sea species and ecosystems from the harmful impacts of fishing and mining, and to strengthen and enhance biodiversity conservation and governance in international oceans.

$339,000

2023

3 years

The Einstein Papers Project

To continue the digitization and open access publication of Albert Einstein's papers

$300,000

2023

3 years

Post-doctoral fellowships

Towards supporting post-doctoral researchers in the Center for Early Global Studies at UCLA

$552,693

2023

5 years

Bridget Phillips professorship

Support towards a new professorial position in memory of Bridget Phillips at the University of Florida

$200,000

2023

1 year

Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme

The Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme gives grants for large-scale restoration projects across Europe’s land and seas. The programme supports projects that will restore extensive areas of terrestrial and marine habitat so that they are resilient and self-sustaining.

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$71,648,800

2023

8 years

Saving Nature's Strongholds

To support WCS in securing long-term conservation through a portfolio of nature strongholds - establishing or expanding protected areas and strengthening conservation of the most important existing wilderness areas

$8,000,000

2023

2 years

Marine protection fund

The Marine Protection Fund gives grants for work towards the target of protecting 30% of the world’s marine and coastal areas by 2030. It supports Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, non-government organizations and governments working in coastal areas, national waters and the high seas.

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$25,000,000

2023

5 years

FragDenStaat: Democratising Public Databases

To obtain and openly publish online German government documents and information that ought to be freely available online

$1,205,100

2023

4 years

Open Book Futures

To help develop the infrastructures, business models, networks and resources to support open access books publishing by small-to-medium-sized publishers, non-profits and scholarly libraries

$3,429,600

2023

3 years

Endangered Archives Programme

The Endangered Archives Programme gives grants to digitize archives that are in danger of destruction, neglect or deterioration. The programme supports projects that cover rare printed sources, manuscripts, photographs, and audio recordings in all languages and scripts from all periods up to the mid-20th century. All of the digitized materials are freely available online.

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$18,000,000

2023

10 years

Central Asian Archaeological Landscapes

To complete an online open-access database of heritage sites in Central Asia, combining archival records and new documentation of sites.

$4,194,000

2023

5 years

Preserving Climate-Critical Rainforests

To constrain the role of finance in the destruction of climate-critical tropical forests and related human rights abuses, which is vital to combatting global climate change and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.

$3,795,000

2023

5 years