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Who does Arcus Foundation fund?

Arcus Foundation has awarded $169 million across 2,009 grants to 541 organizations 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.

100 of 541 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Save the Chimps INC $8.2M92020–20242024FL
Borealis Philanthropy $8.0M162020–20242024MN
J Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education & Conservation $5.3M72020–20242024— —
Proteus Fund INC $4.5M222020–20242024MA
R Rewild $3.5M212021–20242024— —
The Astraea Foundation INC $3.3M152020–20242024NY
Wildlife Conservation Society $3.2M202020–20242024NY
F Forest Peoples Programme $2.8M142020–20242024— —
I International Trans Fund $2.5M62022–20242024— —
F Fauna & Flora International $2.5M142020–20242024— —
I International Social Justice Fund $2.2M262022–20232023— —
P Paneco Foundation $2.1M62020–20242024— —
Greenpeace Fund INC $2.1M92020–20242024DC
International Rivers Network $1.8M122020–20242024CA
Transgender Law Center $1.8M142020–20242024CA
T The Other Foundation $1.8M62020–20242024— —
World Wildlife Fund INC $1.7M132020–20242024DC
African Wildlife Foundation $1.7M52021–20242024DC
The Nature Conservancy $1.6M102021–20242024VA
Conservation International Foundation $1.5M102020–20242024VA
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues INC $1.4M142020–20242024NY
Campaign for Southern Equality $1.3M152020–20242024NC
L Lincoln Park Zoological Society $1.3M152020–20242024— —
Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation INC $1.2M102020–20242024FL
C Community Initiatives $1.1M152020–20242024— —
H Hutan - Kinabatangan Orang-Utan Conservation Project $1.1M82020–20242024— —
Village Enterprise Fund INC $1.1M82021–20242024CA
People Resources and Conservation Foundation $1.1M72020–20242024CA
N New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project INC $1.1M112020–20242024— —
Global Greengrants Fund INC $1.0M122020–20242024CO
G Gender Dynamix $1.0M132020–20242024— —
F Fondo Semillas Ac $1.0M42022–20242024— —
W Waxman Strategies $1.0M42020–20212021— —
Mighty Earth INC $997K62022–20242024DC
I International Lesbian and Gay Association $991K82020–20222022— —
I Iucn International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources $981K142020–20242024— —
B Borneo Nature Foundation International $960K62021–20242024— —
African Parks Foundation of America $918K42020–20232023NY
Public Religion Research Institute INC $900K62020–20242024DC
Southern Vision Alliance $900K92020–20242024NC
W Wild Chimpanzee Foundation $891K92020–20242024— —
Health in Harmony INC $870K82020–20242024OR
E Equality Foundation of Georgia INC $833K92020–20242024— —
International Institute for Environment and Development $825K82020–20242024—
Global Action for Trans Equality INC $805K92020–20242024NY
Equality Federation Institute $800K42022–20242024OR
Frankfurt Zoological Society - US INC $800K42021–20242024DC
S Stichting Hivos $800K42020–20222022— —
Equality Florida Institute INC $795K92020–20242024FL
T The Source Lgbt Center INC $779K62021–20242024CA
Y Yvette a Flunder Foundation INC $775K62020–20242024CA
E Equality North Carolina Foundation $775K72020–20242024— —
Global Witness $767K62020–20242024—
Power California $764K62020–20242024CA
Y Yayasan Inisiasi Alam Rehabilitasi Indonesia $760K82022–20242024— —
California Rural Legal Assistance INC $756K82020–20242024CA
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund $755K82020–20242024CA
Friends of Bonobos $755K132020–20242024NC
U Uhai Eashri Company Limited $750K32020–20242024— —
Groundswell Fund $750K52021–20242024CA
Mijente Support Committee $750K52021–20242024AZ
Friends of the Earth $750K52021–20242024DC
C Caiso Sex and Gender Justice $720K72021–20242024— —
T The Rainforest Foundation (uk) $703K42022–20232023— —
F Forward Together $686K102020–20242024— —
Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico $685K92020–20242024NM
Southerners on New Ground INC $670K102020–20242024GA
R Royal Zoological Society of Scotland $660K62020–20242024— —
G Global Wildlife Conservation $658K420202020— —
Freedom Center for Social Justice $658K82020–20242024NC
I Iranti Npc $651K62021–20242024— —
Spark Reproductive Justice Now INC $650K62020–20242024GA
Santa Fe Dreamers Project $645K72020–20242024NM
Faith in Public Life INC $645K72020–20242024DC
S Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs See INC $634K112020–20222022— —
F Fundacion Mexicana Para La Planeacion Familiar Ac $630K92020–20232023— —
Investigative Reporters and Editors INC $626K72020–20242024MO
N National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance $626K82020–20242024— —
L Letra S Sida Cultura Y Vida Cotidiana Ac $622K72020–20242024— —
Byp100 Education Fund $610K82020–20242024IL
E Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality INC $610K62020–20242024— —
T The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles $604K72020–20222022— —
National Lgbtq Task Force $604K82020–20242024DC
G Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries $604K172020–20242024— —
I International Great Apes and Gibbons Fund $600K122022–20232023— —
Rainforest Action Network $600K62020–20242024CA
C Canopy Planet Society $600K62020–20242024— —
Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program INC $600K62020–20242024MA
A Advocates for Informed Choice (dba Interact) $598K92020–20232023— —
G Global Interfaith Network (gin Ssogie) $595K62020–20232023— —
Z Zoological Society of London $585K62020–20232023— —
N National Center for Lesbian Rights $576K52020–20232023— —
U University of Birmingham $571K52020–20242024— —
T Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund INC $555K112020–20232023— —
Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation $550K42023–20242024OH
I Inclusive & Affirming Ministries $545K72020–20242024— —
Project Primate INC $507K102020–20242024TX
S Sociedad Mexicana Pro Derechos De La Mujer Ac $500K22020–20212021— —
K Kesho Gents and Lasses Empowerment $500K72020–20242024— —
Synergia - Initiatives for Human Rights $500K52020–20242024DC

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