Grants awarded
Who does Arcus Foundation fund?
Arcus Foundation has awarded $169 million across 2,009 grants to 541 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in animals. Its typical grant is $58,665, with most between $9,500 and $100,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $75,000 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$168.7M
Typical grant
$59K
Grantees
541
Grants
2,009
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Save the Chimps INC
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$8.2M | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
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$8.0M | 16 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| J Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education & Conservation | $5.3M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Proteus Fund INC
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$4.5M | 22 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| R Rewild | $3.5M | 21 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$3.3M | 15 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Wildlife Conservation Society
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$3.2M | 20 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $2.8M | 14 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I International Trans Fund | $2.5M | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Fauna & Flora International | $2.5M | 14 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I International Social Justice Fund | $2.2M | 26 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| P Paneco Foundation | $2.1M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Greenpeace Fund INC
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$2.1M | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
International Rivers Network
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$1.8M | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Transgender Law Center
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$1.8M | 14 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| T The Other Foundation | $1.8M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
World Wildlife Fund INC
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$1.7M | 13 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
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$1.7M | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
The Nature Conservancy
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$1.6M | 10 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
Conservation International Foundation
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$1.5M | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
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$1.4M | 14 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Campaign for Southern Equality
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$1.3M | 15 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| L Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $1.3M | 15 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.2M | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| C Community Initiatives | $1.1M | 15 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hutan - Kinabatangan Orang-Utan Conservation Project | $1.1M | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Village Enterprise Fund INC
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$1.1M | 8 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$1.1M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| N New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project INC | $1.1M | 11 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.0M | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $1.0M | 13 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.0M | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.0M | 4 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Mighty Earth INC
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$997K | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I International Lesbian and Gay Association | $991K | 8 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Iucn International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources | $981K | 14 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Borneo Nature Foundation International | $960K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
African Parks Foundation of America
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$918K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Public Religion Research Institute INC
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$900K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Southern Vision Alliance
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$900K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| W Wild Chimpanzee Foundation | $891K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$870K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OR | |
| E Equality Foundation of Georgia INC | $833K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
International Institute for Environment and Development
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$825K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | |
Global Action for Trans Equality INC
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$805K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Equality Federation Institute
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$800K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | OR | |
Frankfurt Zoological Society - US INC
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$800K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $800K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$795K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| T The Source Lgbt Center INC | $779K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| Y Yvette a Flunder Foundation INC | $775K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| E Equality North Carolina Foundation | $775K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Global Witness
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$767K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | |
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$764K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| Y Yayasan Inisiasi Alam Rehabilitasi Indonesia | $760K | 8 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$756K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
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$755K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Friends of Bonobos
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$755K | 13 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| U Uhai Eashri Company Limited | $750K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Groundswell Fund
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$750K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Mijente Support Committee
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$750K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
Friends of the Earth
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$750K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| C Caiso Sex and Gender Justice | $720K | 7 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Rainforest Foundation (uk) | $703K | 4 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $686K | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$685K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
Southerners on New Ground INC
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$670K | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| R Royal Zoological Society of Scotland | $660K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $658K | 4 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$658K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $651K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Spark Reproductive Justice Now INC
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$650K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
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$645K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
Faith in Public Life INC
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$645K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| S Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs See INC | $634K | 11 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Fundacion Mexicana Para La Planeacion Familiar Ac | $630K | 9 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Investigative Reporters and Editors INC
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$626K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| N National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance | $626K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Letra S Sida Cultura Y Vida Cotidiana Ac | $622K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$610K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| E Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality INC | $610K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles | $604K | 7 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$604K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| G Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries | $604K | 17 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I International Great Apes and Gibbons Fund | $600K | 12 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$600K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Canopy Planet Society | $600K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program INC
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$600K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| A Advocates for Informed Choice (dba Interact) | $598K | 9 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Global Interfaith Network (gin Ssogie) | $595K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| Z Zoological Society of London | $585K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N National Center for Lesbian Rights | $576K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Birmingham | $571K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund INC | $555K | 11 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$550K | 4 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| I Inclusive & Affirming Ministries | $545K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$507K | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| S Sociedad Mexicana Pro Derechos De La Mujer Ac | $500K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| K Kesho Gents and Lasses Empowerment | $500K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Synergia - Initiatives for Human Rights
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$500K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC |
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