The work of Arcus Foundation grantees is affecting the lives of millions around the world. Read our most recent grant announcements for Social Justice and Great Apes & Gibbons or search by program, year, or location to view the grants Arcus has awarded since 2007.
American Museum of Natural History
Two years of funding for a research and capacity-building program at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (CBC) to monitor and mitigate the impacts of climate change on endangered gibbons in Southeast Asia.
Amount:
$200,000
Year:
2022
Location:
New York, NY
Bush2Base
One year of funding to assess chimpanzee health and well-being in Tanzania’s Mahale Mountains National Park and to educate local human communities on the dangers of zoonotic diseases.
Amount:
$75,000
Year:
2022
Location:
Christiansburg, VA
Center for Large Landscape Conservation
One year of funding to assess the impact of infrastructure projects on the welfare of great apes, gibbons, and human communities in northern India, Malaysian Borneo, and East Africa's Virunga Mountains.
Amount:
$98,000
Year:
2022
Location:
Bozeman, MT
Fern
Eighteen months of support to secure European Union (EU) regulations preventing the import of cocoa harvested via forest-destroying practices in Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon, where the future of western chimpanzees is at risk.
Amount:
$130,000
Year:
2022
Location:
Brussels, Belgium
Global Interfaith Network
Three years of funding to support LGBTQI-inclusive faith narratives and advocacy around the world.
Amount:
$375,000
Year:
2022
Location:
Johannesburg, South Africa
Hivos
Two years of support for grantmaking to organizations advancing LGBTQI+ rights throughout Central America.
Amount:
$500,000
Year:
2022
Location:
The Hague, Netherlands
Iranti
Three years of support to continue advancing rights and recognition for LGBTQI+ communities across southern Africa.
Amount:
$350,000
Year:
2022
Location:
Johannesburg, South Africa
Lancaster Environment Centre
One year of support for conservation litigation work seeking accountability for illegal wildlife trade participants who cause cascading harms on biodiversity, individual animals, livelihoods, and communities in ape habitats in Cameroon, Thailand, Liberia, and Indonesia.
Amount:
$48,857
Year:
2022
Location:
Lancaster, United Kingdom
North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance
One year of support for a fundraising campaign to provide permanent sanctuary homes for chimpanzees housed at the shuttered Wildlife Waystation Sanctuary in California.
Amount:
$170,000
Year:
2022
Location:
Oakland, CA
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
One year of funding to ensure the highest possible standards of care for ape residents of Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Kenya.
Amount:
$99,975
Year:
2022
Location:
Nanyuki, Kenya
