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Arcus Foundation

$114.0M
in grants paid: 1,325
grants: 415
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$1.2M
Save the Chimps · Fort Pierce, FL · 2024
General operating support
$750,000
Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Support for the fund for trans generations to build a free and safe future for transgender, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary people.
$583,374
Forest Peoples Programme · 2024
Support for rights-based conservation policy and practice.
$525,000
Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Support for the emerging lgbtq leaders of color fund to resource the leadership of young people for policy and culture change.
$500,000
International Trans Fund · 2024
Support for grantmaking and capacity strengthening for increased lgbtq safety, protection, and social inclusion.
$481,312
Paneco Foundation · 2024
Support for the leuser ecosystem alliance to protect its orangutans and gibbons.
$475,000
Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Support for the emerging lgbtq leaders of color fund to resource the leadership of young people for policy and culture change.
$400,000
Proteus Fund · Waltham, MA · 2024
Support for the rights, faith, and democracy collaborative.
$375,000
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024
Support for iucns section on great apes (sga), the arrc task force, and state of the apes.
$352,817
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Support to protect ape habitats by reducing industrial-scale exploitation of forests.
$300,000
Uhai Eashri Company Limited · 2024
Support for grantmaking to increase safety, protection, and inclusion for lgbtiq communities.
$299,223
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education & Conservation · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for the implementation of the conservation action plan to mitigate key threats to gorillas, chimpanzees, and their habitats.
$266,000
The Other Foundation · 2024
Support to advance advocacy for safety, legal protection, and social inclusion of lgbtqi people.
$250,492
African Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Support to improve bonobo conservation through collaboration and community engagement.
$250,000
Astraea Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Support for the safety, justice & protections for lgbtqi caribbean people project.
$250,000
Fondo Semillas Ac · 2024
Support for grassroots lbtqi+ organizations.
$250,000
Stichting Hivos (Humanistisch Instituut Voor Ontwikkelings-Samenwerking) · 2024
Support for grantmaking to advance lgbtq+ rights.
$225,000
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues · New York, NY · 2024
Support for out in the south to build a network of funders as well as operating support.
$211,375
Yayasan Keadilan Hijau Indonesia · 2024
Support to conserve the ecosystem through advocacy and multi-stakeholder engagement.
$210,003
People Resources and Conservation Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support to establish community-based orangutan and gibbon habitat conservation.
$200,000
Proteus Fund · Waltham, MA · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024
Support of the grauers gorilla population n virunga national park and contribute to the conservation of apes regionally.
$200,000
International Rivers Network · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support for challenging the construction of a dam to protect chimpanzees and community rights.
$200,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support for the movement voter funds capacity building program and a funders learning circle.
$200,000
Transgender Law Center · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support for the border butterflies projects policy advocacy, community organizing, and legal and humanitarian support.
$200,000
Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation · Wauchula, FL · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Frankfurt Zoological Society US · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for strengthening the long-term protection of an important site for bonobos.
$200,000
Hutan - Kinabatangan Orang-Utan Conservation Project · 2024
Support for research of orangutan population dynamics and human-wildlife coexistence to improve land-use management in fragmented ape habitat.
$200,000
Equality Federation Institute · Portland, OR · 2024
Support for the national movement convening to develop long- and short-term strategies for nationwide coordination.
$196,072
Rainforest Foundation UK · 2024
Support to strengthen community rights and participation in conservation.
$190,000
Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education (Grace) Center · Cumberland Center, ME · 2024
Support for implementing the iucn conservation action plan for grauers gorillas and chimpanzees.
$185,000
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024
Support for the implementation of a regional action plan for the conservation of chimpanzees.
$180,000
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
Support for yellow-cheeked crested gibbon conservation and community engagement.
$180,000
Borneo Nature Foundation International · 2024
Support for restoration and sustainable management of wild ape habitat to protect orangutans and gibbons.
$177,590
Fauna & Flora International · 2024
Support for the implementation of the cao vit gibbon conservation action plan.
$166,717
Yayasan Inisiasi Alam Rehabilitasi Indonesia · 2024
Support to protect the bornean orangutan through conservation strategies and community initiatives.
$154,010
The Zoological Society of London · 2024
Support for capacity-building, information-sharing, and ensuring project momentum of conservation efforts of the worlds most endangered gibbon.
$150,000
National Center for Transgender Equality · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Proteus Fund · Waltham, MA · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Groundswell Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support for the black trans fund for capacity strenthening of us-based groups organized by and for black trans communities.
$150,000
Public Religion Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support for familia: trans queer liberation movement.
$150,000
International Rivers Network · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support to strengthen biodiversity commitments and practices for greater protection of apes.
$150,000
Friends of the Earth · Washington, DC · 2024
Support to foster stronger protections for apes and ape habitat and prohibit harmful project financing.
$150,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for inclusive great ape conservation by ensuring active community participation.
$150,000
Mighty Earth · Washington, DC · 2024
Support to advance protection of orangutan and gibbon habitat.
$150,000
Mijente Support Committee · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation · Marion, OH · 2024
Support to reduce african grey parrot exploitation.
$150,000
Central American Womens Fund Fcam Association · 2024
Support for grantmaking to lbtiq+ groups.
$150,000
New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$145,979
Village Enterprise Fund · San Carlos, CA · 2024
Support for expanding an initiative, reducing threats to chimpanzees, and improving human well-being.
$141,375
Fauna & Flora International · 2024
Support for building a coordinated approach to gorilla conservation.
$133,334
Global Witness · 2024
Support for land and environmental defenders and forests campaign to address the threats to forests and apes.
$130,327
Florida International University Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
Support for using a one health approach to better protect both apes and communities sharing habitat.
$126,024
California Rural Legal Assistance · Modesto, CA · 2024
Support for improving the safety, stability, and inclusivity of lgbtq+ communities.
$126,000
Fauna & Flora International · 2024
Support for a national park's adaptive management framework to ensure protection for chimpanzees.
$125,251
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2024
Support to facilitate gibbon conservation through capacity building, community conservation, and sustainable livelihoods.
$125,000
Power California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support for lgbtqia+ youth organizing to build the power of the next generation of leaders.
$125,000
Campaign for Southern Equality · Asheville, NC · 2024
General operating support
$125,000
Yvette a Flunder Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support for the fellowship of affirming ministries to create a faith movement supportive of social justice.
$125,000
The Source Lgbt Center · Visalia, CA · 2024
General operating support
$125,000
Spark Reproductive Justice Now · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating support
$125,000
Gin Ssogie Npc · 2024
General operating support
$125,000
Ilga World · 2024
Support for the 31st ilga world conference and operating support for stronger movement coordination.
$120,120
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Support to expand protection of chimp habitat via holistic and sustainable programming.
$120,000
Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Support for the accreditation program of ape sanctuaries and giving day for apes 2024.
$119,000
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
Support for integrated management to reconcile conservation and development of ape habitat.
$115,233
University of Birmingham · 2024
Support for the monitoring and release assessment tool (mrat) to improve captive ape well-being and prepare orangutans for release.
$110,000
Global Philanthropy Project · Wilmington, DE · 2024
General operating support
$110,000
Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality · 2024
General operating support
$110,000
Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for wildlife and local groups impacted by economic development and understanding the conservation and tourism connection.
$110,000
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024
Support for the iucn section on small apes to improve research and best practice around global gibbon conservation.
$109,569
Forum Konservasi Orangutan Indonesia (Forina) · 2024
Support for strengthening the orangutan conservation movement.
$105,390
Pan African Sanctuary Alliance · Beaverton, OR · 2024
Support for behaviour change focused community engagement workshops to reduce ape meat consumption and trade.
$105,000
Investigative Reporters and Editors · Columbia, MO · 2024
Support for taboom medias cross-sector religion and media stakeholder engagement and documentation project.
$105,000
The Legal Atlas Llc · Missoula, MT · 2024
Support to expand legal reform for the conservation and protection of great apes and gibbons.
$104,766
Wild Chimpanzee Foundation · 2024
Support for a biomonitoring and ecotourism project for long-term conservation of western chimpanzees.
$104,641
Iucn International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources · 2024
Support for gibbon-related management planning for the protection of a globally significant site.
$102,590
Stichting Fern · 2024
Support for applying new eu cocoa regulations to end deforestation of ape habitat.
$102,064
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for integrated orangutan and gibbon conservation to build sustainable solutions within the private sector and communities.
$100,118
Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support to preserve the traditional knowledge and better livelihoods of baaka by employing their knowledge as a great ape conservation tool.
$100,000
Global Action for Trans Equality · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Grupo De Informacion En Reproduccion Elegida · 2024
Support for human rights litigation with a focus on the reproductive rights of lgbtiq+ people.
$100,000
Global Greengrants Fund · Boulder, CO · 2024
Support for the agroecology funds agroecology initiative for rights-based, locally led ape habitat and biodiversity conservation.
$100,000
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support for familia: trans queer liberation movement.
$100,000
Rainforest Foundation UK · 2024
Support for tackling the threats to ape habitats and community lands by extractive industries and infrastructure.
$100,000
Highlander Research & Education Center · New Market, TN · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Interact · Sudbury, MA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Gender Dynamix · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum Uganda (Hrapf) Limited (By Guara · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Humane Society International (UK) · 2024
Support to help a sanctuary achieve global federation of animal sanctuaries accreditation.
$100,000
National Lgbtq Task Force · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp · 2024
Support for co-habitation of bonobos and human communities through community forestry and alternative livelihoods.
$100,000
Iranti Npc · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Eqtx Equality Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Support for turn out for texas for an integrated voter engagement strategy.
$100,000
Jeunes Animaux Confisques Au Katanga · 2024
Support for chimpanzee conservation, rescue, and captive care.
$100,000
Catolicas Por El Derecho a Decidir Ac · 2024
Support for the transforming from diversity project to disseminate faith narratives for lgbtq+ communities.
$100,000
Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation · Marion, OH · 2024
Support to reduce african grey parrot exploitation.
$100,000
Friends of Bonobos · Durham, NC · 2024
Support for strengthening organizational capacity and sustainability.
$100,000
Freedom Center for Social Justice · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General operating support

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