Arcus Foundation
The Arcus Foundation is a leading global foundation advancing pressing social justice and conservation issues. Specifically, Arcus works to advance LGBT equality, as well as to conserve and protect the great apes.
Our Founder
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Jon Stryker is the founder and president of the Arcus Foundation, a private, global grantmaking organization with offices in New York City, Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Cambridge, UK. Arcus supports the advancement of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) human rights, and conservation of the world's great apes. Mr. Stryker is a founding board member of the Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy in Northern Kenya, Save the Chimps in Ft. Pierce, Florida and Greenleaf Trust, a trust bank in Kalamazoo. He also serves on the boards of Kalamazoo College and Friends of the Highline. Mr. Stryker is a registered architect in the State of Michigan. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Kalamazoo College and a master’s degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.
Read the Chronicle of Philanthropy's profile of Jon Stryker here.
Grants
The Arcus Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that supports organizations around the world working to conserve and protect the great apes.
Awarded Grants
African Conservation Foundation
Washington, DC $95,000
Animal Protection of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM $100,000
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What We Support
The creation of a more just and humane world, based on diversity, equality, and fundamental respect.
The Arcus Foundation is a leading global foundation advancing pressing conservation issues. Specifically, Arcus works to conserve and protect the great apes through three program areas:
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Stories of Impact
ChimpCARE Helps Our Closest Relatives Find a Better Future
An alarming number of chimps live in poor, unregulated conditions in the U.S. But that number is declining, thanks to Project ChimpCARE, whose goal is to locate, assess and advocate for these chimps, and to find them appropriate housing and care. Read more >>
Confiscation in Walikale
Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project works to improve the sustainability of mountain gorillas in the wild. Read Dr. Jan Ramer's blog post recounting a dangerous and heroic rescue in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more >>
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Cambridge, UK Office
Wellington House, East Road
Cambridge CB1 1BH
United Kingdom
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New York Office
44 West 28th Street, 17th Floor
New York, New York 10001
212.488.3000 / phone
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Kalamazoo Office
402 East Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007
269.373.4373 / phone
269.373.0277 / fax
