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Acknowledgments and Credits

Several of the voices featured in this annual report speak of ecosystems—in the context of our ape conservation and social justice work. Arcus’ 2020 report required an ecosystem of sorts, comprising a wide range of contributors who participated in this project through its various stages: from concepting through editorial development, filming, interpretation, user experience design, video editing, data collection and visualization, and—as is key with any digital content—testing, testing, and more testing. This project has benefitted from tremendous amounts of goodwill, collaborative thinking, sacrificed personal time, and that magic spice, patience.


We thank the many contributors to the report’s concept, design, and production. The artwork produced by our media partners ranges from video to photography and graphic design. This work is often donated or contributed in-kind, or otherwise sourced from those who share their work through Creative Commons and other copyright-free licenses.


We are also grateful to our collaborators both within and outside of the foundation, with special thanks to our creative partners at Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios, Red Thread Productions, and Roswell Studios all of whom were fantastic. Most importantly, we extend our deepest appreciation to all the participants in the videos produced for this report. It is the call of their voices that we aim to amplify, so that their words and stories move ideas and minds to act in service of the harmony that is Arcus’ mission.


The production of this annual report was overseen by Bryan Simmons, vice president of communications, Sebastian Naidoo, global media director, Angela Cave, digital communications manager, and Jovahn Huertas, digital communications coordinator.


Attributions below are listed in order of appearance:


Web Development:
  • Roswell Studios

Graphic and Photography Design:
  • Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios

Video Production:
  • Red Thread Productions
  • Mathieu Asselin

Interpretation Services:
  • Benjamin Engelsberg
  • Andrew Roth

Reflections from our Founder and CEO

  • Storyblocks
  • Carl Collison
  • Sebastian Naidoo
  • JABRUSON
  • Matt O‘Brien
  • Kike Arnal
  • David Boatman
  • Annette Lanjouw
  • Slobodan Randjelović
  • Gennara
  • Great Apes Survival Partnership
  • Selly Thiam
  • Jose Kalpers
  • Jurek Wajdowicz
  • Malika Zouhali-Worrall

Conversations from the Field

Background image:
  • Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios

20 Years Supporting Ape Conservation and Well-Being
  • Kike Arnal
  • Great Apes Survival Partnership
  • Camera trap footage courtesy of Wildlife Conservation Society
  • Zed Nelson
  • JABRUSON
  • Mathieu Asselin
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Footage courtesy of Lola ya Bonobo
  • Footage courtesty of Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation Center
  • Storyblocks
  • Chimpanzee Conservation Center

Strategic Litigation for LGBT Protection and Inclusion
  • Photo of Vicky Hernandez courtesy of Red Lésbica Cattrachas

Supporting LGBTQ Leadership in the United States
  • Saleem Reshamwala
  • Kike Arnal
  • The Desert Gold Group

State of the Apes – Killing, Capture and Trade
  • JABRUSON
  • Kike Arnal
  • Footage courtesy of Lola ya Bonobo
  • Mathieu Asselin

Sustaining Deep Partnerships

Background image:
  • Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios

Graphic Design:
  • Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios

20 Years of Partner Progress

Background image:
  • Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios

Graphic Design (2000, 2006, 2009):
  • Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios

2000:
  • EWS Design
2001:
  • Save the Chimps
2002:
  • Zhao Chao / Fauna & Flora International
2003:
  • Reuters Photographer
2004:
  • Ol Pejeta: Ronda Stryker
  • Center for Great Apes: Jurek Wajdowicz
2005:
  • Robert Neumann
2006:
  • NYC office: Jurek Wajdowicz
  • $50 million: EWS Design
2007:
  • Religion and Values Program: Reuters / Kimberly White
  • Global LGBTQ support: EWS Design
2008:
  • $100 million: EWS Design
  • Organization of American States: Kike Arnal
2009:
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Noah Berger / New York Times / Redux
  • Chimpanzee census: ChimpCare
  • Trans Murder Monitoring Project: EWS Design (graphic) / Transgender Europe (TGEU) (data)
  • Kalamazoo College: Steve Hall for Hedrich Blessing
2010:
  • U.S. Census: EWS Design (graphic) / US Census Bureau (data)
  • Indonesia rangers: 2015 JABRUSON. All rights reserved.
  • Presbyterian Church: Patricia Oji
2011:
  • Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Marta Evry
  • Laboratory chimpanzees: Save the Chimps
  • Jane Goodall: World Bank Photo Collection
  • Free and Equal: AFP / Stringer
2012:
  • United Nations: Sally Montana
  • U.S. Episcopal Chuch: Marilyn Humphries
  • International Finance Corporation: Kike Arnal
2013:
  • State of the Apes: Arcus Foundation
  • Nonhuman Rights Project: Pennebaker Hegedus Films
  • interACT: EWS Design
  • Organization of American States: Kike Arnal
2014:
  • Principle 6 Campaign: Jurek Wajdowicz (photo) / EWS Design (graphic) / Athlete Ally
  • UN Human Rights Council: Reuters / Denis Balibouse
  • Sumatran orangutan: Kike Arnal
  • African Commission on Human and People’s Rights: Associated Press / Rebecca Vassie
2015:
  • U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH): ChimpHaven
  • Kenya High Court: National Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC)
  • Hainan gibbons: Zoological Society of London
  • California gender-affirming surgery: Transgender Law Center
2016:
  • UN Human Rights Council: Mathieu Asselin
  • U.S. Department of Justice: Associated Press / Whitney Keller
  • Contigo Fund: Drew Angerer / Contigo Fund
2017:
  • Botswana High Court: The Lesbian, Gays & Bisexuals of Botswana (LEGABIBO)

2018:

  • Mountain gorillas: Martha Robbins/MPI-EVA
  • Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Kike Arnal

2019:

  • Gender incongruence: World Health Organization
  • Dutch Reformed Chuch: Mihka Goerge

2020:

  • Orangutan in forest: Kike Arnal
  • U.S. Supreme Court: Allison Shelley / ACLU
  • Trans immigrants: Transgender Law Center

Grantmaking: The Arcus Approach

Background Image:
  • Malika Zouhali-Worrall

20-year Partner Spotlight

Background image:
  • Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios

Downloadable PDF:
  • Design: Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios

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