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News from Arcus and our Partners

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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:
  1. Great Apes in the Wild
  2. Great Apes in Captivity
  3. Great Apes & Ethics

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News & Press Releases

  1. First Interactive Website on World's Apes Goes Live

    New York, April 27, 2012 — The most in-depth and comprehensive mapping of ape populations around the world launches today as part of efforts by the conservation community to step up protection of some of the world's most critically endangered species.

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  2. Arcus Foundation Appoints Annette Lanjouw Interim Executive Director

    The Arcus Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Annette Lanjouw as its interim Executive Director.

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  3. Arcus Foundation Makes Major Grant to Kalamazoo College's Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership

    Read more about the five-year grant on the Kalamazoo College website.

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  4. The Arcus Foundation Names Cynthia Hallenbeck to New Position of Vice President of Finance and Operations

    Hallenbeck's responsibilities will include the development of the Foundation's financial management strategy, as well as contributions to the development of its broader social justice and conservation strategies.

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Arcus Publications

  1. Arcus Foundation Annual Report 2010

    The Arcus Foundation's 2010 Annual Report highlights the work of Arcus grantees around the globe who are making strides toward the Foundation's goal of creating a more just and humane world.

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  2. Ascent, the Arcus Foundation Newsletter - Fall 2010

    In this issue of Ascent, primatologist Kay Farmer profiles the collaborative leadership of the members of the International Primate Protection League and the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance, two Arcus-funded groups whose members are working together to find solutions to aid the plight of endangered great apes threatened by habitat destruction, disease, and the bushmeat and pet trades.

    Also, meet Liza Gadsby of Pandrillus Sanctuaries in Nigeria and Cameroon, and Bala Amarasekaran of Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone. Combatting logging, poaching, lack of resources and civil war, these two very compassionate sanctuary directors are driven by their passion for great apes and also, people. As Bala puts it, "We are all connected."

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  3. Arcus Foundation Annual Report 2009

    The Arcus Foundation's 2009 annual report features essays by prominent bloggers working in Arcus' mission areas, as well as highlights from grantees and other partners. 

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  4. Ascent, the Arcus Foundation Newsletter - Spring 2010

    In this issue: An interview with Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, one of the country’s preeminent religious voices for progressive values. Also, the Pipeline Project’s 21st Century Fellows program. 

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Grants

The Arcus Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that supports organizations around the world working to conserve and protect the great apes.

  1. Apply for a Grant
  2. Grant Forms
  3. Grantee Resources

Awarded Grants

African Conservation Foundation
Washington, DC $95,000

Animal Protection of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM $100,000

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A.P.E.S. Portal

The A.P.E.S. Portal is an online tool
that provides real-time, visual representation of information about great apes, their habitats, populations, threats and conservation efforts around the world.

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 >>