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Arcus Foundation: all 1,325 grants

Largest first · $114.0M across 2022–2024 · back to the overview

$105,650
Forward Together · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support to ensure that women, youth, and families have the power and resources they need to reach their full potential by developing strong leaders, building networks across communities, and implementi… read allGeneral operating support to ensure that women, youth, and families have the power and resources they need to reach their full potential by developing strong leaders, building networks across communities, and implementing innovative campaigns. less
$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.
$105,000
Project Primate · Miami, FL · 2022
General operating support
$105,000
Project Primate · Miami, FL · 2022
General operating support
$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.
$102,300
University of Birmingham · 2022
Support for the school of biosciences enclosure design tool (edt), an evidence-based assessment and monitoring tool for key phases of orangutan rehabilitation and release for sanctuaries.
$102,300
University of Birmingham · 2022
Support for the school of biosciences enclosure design tool (edt), an evidence-based assessment and monitoring tool for key phases of orangutan rehabilitation and release for sanctuaries.
$102,107
Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support for the ucla congo basin institutes school for indigenous & local knowledge (silk) efforts in dja biosphere reserve, cameroon to preserve the traditional knowledge and better livelihoods of baaka by employing th… read allSupport for the ucla congo basin institutes school for indigenous & local knowledge (silk) efforts in dja biosphere reserve, cameroon to preserve the traditional knowledge and better livelihoods of baaka by employing their knowledge as a great ape conservation tool. less
$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.
$101,739
Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support to advance safety and protections for trans and nonbinary people.
$101,412
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2023
Support for an innovative research and capacity building program of the centre for biodiversity conservation (cbc) that will inform and establish evidence-based management of endangered ape species under climate change,… read allSupport for an innovative research and capacity building program of the centre for biodiversity conservation (cbc) that will inform and establish evidence-based management of endangered ape species under climate change, with a focus on gibbons in vietnam. less
$101,365
Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program · Boston, MA · 2023
Support for protecting and expanding viable orangutan habitat across the gunung palung national park (gpnp) landscape and supporting customary forests to sustainably manage resources.
$101,337
Land Empowerment Animals People - US · Weed, CA · 2022
Support for the securing of forests and ape populations on community lands in sabah and promoting indigenous stewardship and conservation.
$101,337
Land Empowerment Animals People - US · Weed, CA · 2022
Support for the securing of forests and ape populations on community lands in sabah and promoting indigenous stewardship and conservation.
$101,108
National Lgbtq Task Force · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support to advance a roadmap to full lgbtq liberation through the core tenets of faith, equity, and democracy.
$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
Astraea Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Support for the intersex human rights fund to secure protections, safety, and inclusion of intersex people.
$100,000
Byp100 Education Fund · Springfield, IL · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Campaign for Southern Equality · Asheville, NC · 2024
Support for the trans youth emergency project.
$100,000
Canopy Planet Society · 2024
Support for leveraging markets to reduce the impact of their resource use and secure protection of sumatran rainforests.
$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
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support for chimpanzees in need to develop a strategic plan for the remaining chimps still being held in labs.
$100,000
Eqtx Equality Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Support for turn out for texas for an integrated voter engagement strategy.
$100,000
Equality Florida Institute · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Equality Foundation of Georgia · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Equality New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Equality North Carolina Foundation · Durham, NC · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Faith in Public Life · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Forward Together · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Freedom Center for Social Justice · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Friends of Bonobos · Durham, NC · 2024
Support for strengthening organizational capacity and sustainability.
$100,000
Gender Dynamix · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Global Action for Trans Equality · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$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
Grupo De Informacion En Reproduccion Elegida · 2024
Support for human rights litigation with a focus on the reproductive rights of lgbtiq+ people.
$100,000
Highlander Research & Education Center · New Market, TN · 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
Ilga World · 2024
Support for the 31st ilga world conference and operating support for stronger movement coordination.
$100,000
Interact · Sudbury, MA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Iranti Npc · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Jeunes Animaux Confisques Au Katanga · 2024
Support for chimpanzee conservation, rescue, and captive care.
$100,000
Land Empowerment Animals People · Weed, CA · 2024
Support to promote the indigenous stewardship of orangutan and gibbon habitat in fragmented landscapes.
$100,000
Letra S Sida Cultura Y Vida Cotidiana Ac · 2024
Support for hate crime documentation to reduce impunity and improve crime prevention.
$100,000
Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation · Marion, OH · 2024
Support to reduce african grey parrot exploitation.
$100,000
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support for familia: trans queer liberation movement.
$100,000
National Center for Lgbtq Rights · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
National Lgbtq Task Force · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Ol Pejeta Conservancy Limited · 2024
Support for operational and capacity building of a chimpanzee sanctuary.
$100,000
Pan Africa Ilga · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Rainforest Action Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support for advancing no deforestation, no peatlands, and no exploitation practices to protect ape habitat.
$100,000
Rainforest Foundation UK · 2024
Support for tackling the threats to ape habitats and community lands by extractive industries and infrastructure.
$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
Santa Fe Dreamers Project · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
Support for snapco to advance safety.
$100,000
Soulforce · Abilene, TX · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Southern Vision Alliance · Durham, NC · 2024
Support for the queer mobilization funds grantmaking to community organizations and projects.
$100,000
Southern Vision Alliance · Durham, NC · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Southerners On New Ground · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Spark Reproductive Justice Now · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Stop the Traffik · 2024
Support for the chocolate scorecard collective to transform the chocolate industry to benefit people, primates, and the planet.
$100,000
Synergia - Initiatives for Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Trans Queer Pueblo - Semilla De Liberacion · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Transform Network · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support for training and mobilizing faith and lgbtq+ communities across the south through grantmaking, capacity building, and workshops on social justice ministry.
$100,000
Transgender Law Center · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support for increasing plaintiff, attorney, organizational, and movement safety and security.
$100,000
Transgender Law Center · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
United Caribbean Transperson Network (Uctrans) · 2024
Support to further develop a regional trans organization and its legal gender recognition initiative.
$100,000
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia · 2024
Support to increase community and government commitments to protect ecosystems and build a future for apes.
$100,000
Alliance for Conservation of Great Apes in Central Africa · 2023
Support for organisational and scientific development to a network of local civil society organisations active in the conservation of great apes across the congo basin.
$100,000
Ape Action Africa · 2023
Support for sanctuary capacity building for the ongoing needs of their chimpanzees and gorillas, its cameroonian workforce, and community outreach programs.
$100,000
Astraea Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Support for the intersex human rights fund to strengthen the support and resources available to secure protections, increase safety, and promote the inclusion of intersex people.
$100,000
Byp100 Education Fund · Springfield, IL · 2023
General operating support to develop the power and leadership of black youth via direct action organizing, advocacy, and education through a black queer feminist lens.
$100,000
Campaign for Southern Equality · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support for the southern trans youth emergency project, a new regional effort that provides rapid response support to frontline organizations and directly to the families of youth who are impacted by anti-transgender he… read allSupport for the southern trans youth emergency project, a new regional effort that provides rapid response support to frontline organizations and directly to the families of youth who are impacted by anti-transgender healthcare bans in the u.s. South. less
$100,000
Canopy Planet Society · 2023
Support for the leuser ecosystem project, leveraging markets to reduce the impact of their resource use and secure protection of sumatran rainforests.
$100,000
Catolicas Por El Derecho a Decidir Ac · 2023
Support for the transforming from diversity project to create and disseminate faith narratives for lgbtq+ social justice in mexico.
$100,000
Children'S Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for the final year of a two-year study for the center for neurosciences gender development program to understand the impact on trans youth and their families of state-based anti-trans policies across the u.s. An… read allSupport for the final year of a two-year study for the center for neurosciences gender development program to understand the impact on trans youth and their families of state-based anti-trans policies across the u.s. And to leverage findings to drive changes in policy and public perception. less
$100,000
Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality · 2023
General operating support to increase skills and capacity for advancement of leadership in the lgbtq+ and marginalized populations in the eastern caribbean.
$100,000
Equality New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General operating support to secure equal rights and justice for lgbtq new mexicans through advocacy, base-building, and strategic coalitions.
$100,000
Fairventures Worldwide Ggmbh · 2023
Support for improving connectivity for ape species in degraded habitat in the sebangau katingan corridor landscape.
$100,000
Faith in Public Life · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support to create a national movement of clergy and faith leaders united in the prophetic pursuit of justice, equality, and the common good.
$100,000
Freedom Center for Social Justice · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General operating support to advance the cause of justice, equality, and protections for lgbtq people and the marginalized, centering those who are bipoc, elder, and/ or youth in north carolina
$100,000
Fundacion Mexicana Para La Planeacion Familiar Ac · 2023
Support for tranformandome project to empower muxe (indigenous trans women) leaders in oaxaca, mexico, document violence and discrimination against members of their community and ensure appropriate action from public au… read allSupport for tranformandome project to empower muxe (indigenous trans women) leaders in oaxaca, mexico, document violence and discrimination against members of their community and ensure appropriate action from public authorities, as well as organize communication campaigns for increased social inclusion. less
$100,000
Global Philanthropy Project · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Support for the operation of the global philanthropy project, a donors initiative to increase funding for lgbti issues internationally.
$100,000
Highlander Research & Education Center · New Market, TN · 2023
General operating support to advance southern lbgtq+ bipoc movement-building, including faith-centered approaches.
$100,000
Humane Society International (UK) · 2023
Support for providing care for a group of more than 60 chimpanzees at second chance chimpanzee refuge liberia (sccrl).
$100,000
Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa · 2023
Support for the strategic litigation for the sexual rights program in africa project to advance women's rights and rights of lgbtq communities.
$100,000
International Great Apes and Gibbons Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Support for the indigenous peoples and local community (iplc) conservation congress, bringing together successful models of rights-based species and including ape conservation.
$100,000
International Great Apes and Gibbons Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Support for the sweetwaters chimpanzee sanctuary to provide operational and capacity building support.
$100,000
International Social Justice Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support to promote respect and protection of human rights of marginalized persons through enhanced access to justice, research and advocacy, legal and human rights awareness, capacity enhancement and s… read allGeneral operating support to promote respect and protection of human rights of marginalized persons through enhanced access to justice, research and advocacy, legal and human rights awareness, capacity enhancement and strategic partnerships. . less
$100,000
International Social Justice Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Support for the sexual orientation and gender identity project to develop the capacity of african national human rights institutions to respond to violations of the human rights of lgbti+ people.
$100,000
Iranti Npc · 2023
General operating support to continue advancing rights of lgbtqi+ communities in southern africa.
$100,000
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education & Conservation · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for the implementation of the conservation action plan (cap) for great apes in the eastern drc, strengthening responses to mining, disease, tenure, management, and governance.
$100,000
Letra S Sida Cultura Y Vida Cotidiana Ac · 2023
Support for the documentation of hate crimes against lgbt+ people and advocacy with public authorities to reduce impunity and improve crime prevention affecting lgbt+ people in mexico, guatemala, nicaragua, and the domi… read allSupport for the documentation of hate crimes against lgbt+ people and advocacy with public authorities to reduce impunity and improve crime prevention affecting lgbt+ people in mexico, guatemala, nicaragua, and the dominican republic as part of the sinviolencia [without violence] network. less
$100,000
National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2023
Support for the final stage of the national lgbtq+ womens community survey, which details the impacts of misogyny, discrimination, and violence and stories of resiliency on lgbtq+ women, by supporting the dissemination … read allSupport for the final stage of the national lgbtq+ womens community survey, which details the impacts of misogyny, discrimination, and violence and stories of resiliency on lgbtq+ women, by supporting the dissemination of results through in-person and virtual events, media outreach, and making the data available online. less