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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Endangered Languages Documentation Programme

The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme gives grants to linguists and community members to document languages around the world that are at risk of falling silent. The programme makes the digital documentation of these languages freely available online.

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$24,990,000

2021

10 years

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

The Endangered Material Knowledge Programme gives grants to document traditional skills and practices used in making or using things. It supports projects that document practices and skills that are being lost as mass-produced objects replace handmade items. The digitized records are available for free online.

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$11,075,680

2020

8 years

Core support

To support the Turquoise Mountain Trust's work with artisans in Afghanistan, Myanmar and Jordan

$30,285

2019

1 year

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

The Endangered Material Knowledge Programme gives grants to document traditional skills and practices used in making or using things. It supports projects that document practices and skills that are being lost as mass-produced objects replace handmade items. The digitized records are available for free online.

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$2,295,684

2018

4 years

Documentation of rock-cut churches in Ethiopia

To document the disappearing craft of cutting rock churches in Ethiopia and to make the videos and other documentary material available online for free.

$250,000

2015

3 years

Endangered Languages Documentation Programme

The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme gives grants to linguists and community members to document languages around the world that are at risk of falling silent. The programme makes the digital documentation of these languages freely available online.

$11,026,080

2015

7 years

Documenting Mandaean rituals and religious traditions

To document the rituals and priestly knowledge of the Mandaeans and to make the records available for free online.

$348,556

2014

3 years

Documentation of Kalmyk heritage

To document the endangered cultural heritage of the Kalmyks and Oirats, and to create an open-access digital archive of this material.

$1,207,965

2014

5 years

Preserving Bhutan's cultural heritage

To document the oral traditions of Bhutan and make the records available for free online.

$1,422,590

2013

5 years

Endangered Languages Documentation Programme

The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme gives grants to linguists and community members to document languages around the world that are at risk of falling silent. The programme makes the digital documentation of these languages freely available online.

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$33,851,813

2002

15 years