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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.

Agroecology Fund

Fifteen months of funding to build understanding of how agroecological food systems, which take into account the biological and cultural diversity of the surrounding landscape, can help achieve rights-based, locally led conservation of endangered apes and their habitats in the Congo Basin.
Amount: $100,000 Year: 2022 Location: Boulder, CO

Alliance GSAC

One year of funding to strengthen the capacity and leadership skills of eight Central African civil society organizations in their efforts to improve great ape conservation among the forests of the Congo Basin.
Amount: $100,000 Year: 2022 Location: Yaounde, Cameroon

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

Borealis Philanthropy

One year of funding to the Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color (ELLC) Fund to support LGBTQ and BIPOC organizations advancing reproductive justice in the U.S. following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which had established that the constitutional right to privacy protects the choice to have an abortion.
Amount: $50,000 Year: 2022 Location: Minneapolis, MN

Borealis Philanthropy

One year of funding to the Fund for Trans Generations (FTG) for grants, technical assistance, and mentorship to dozens of grassroots U.S. organizations working to build a future in which trans, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary people can live freely and without fear.
Amount: $750,000 Year: 2022 Location: Minneapolis, MN

Borneo Nature Foundation

Three years of funding to support efforts to protect, restore, and sustainably manage the Sebangau and Rungan landscapes key to orangutan and gibbon conservation in Indonesian Borneo’s Central Kalimantan province.
Amount: $500,000 Year: 2022 Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom

Bridge Initiative Organisation

Two years of funding to support the efforts of LGBTQ youth in Zanzibar to advocate for their rights within Muslim communities by educating local religious leaders on LGBTQ rights, culminating in a national forum for interfaith dialogue.
Amount: $140,000 Year: 2022 Location: Unguja, Tanzania

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

California Rural Legal Assistance

Two years of funding to support legal representation of LGBTQ California residents who experience discrimination and harassment in the workplace, as well as training to ensure service providers can best understand and address the needs of these communities.
Amount: $250,000 Year: 2022 Location: Oakland, CA

Canopy

Three years of funding to support ongoing efforts encouraging major corporations to join the call for the preservation of Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem and commit to eliminate forest-destroying products and practices from their supply chains.
Amount: $300,000 Year: 2022 Location: Vancouver, Canada
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