Arca Foundation

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| predecessor = Nancy Reynolds Bagley Foundation

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| formation = 1952

| founder = Nancy Susan Reynolds

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| type = Foundation

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| location = Washington, D.C.

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| methods = Grantmaking

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| leader_title = Executive Director

| leader_name = Jennifer Pae

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| board_of_directors = Margery Tabankin

| key_people = R. J. Reynolds, Donna Edwards

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| endowment = $49 million (2023){{cite web |title=Arca Foundation - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/132751798 |website=ProPublica |access-date=27 March 2025 |language=en |date=9 May 2013}}

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| website = {{URL|http://www.arcafoundation.org}}

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The Arca Foundation is a progressive American philanthropic foundation.{{cite news|last1=Helderman|first1=Rosalind|last2=Hernandez|first2=Nelson|title=Wynn, Edwards Start Out Swinging in First Debate|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/14/AR2007111401393.html|access-date=22 July 2015|newspaper=Washington Post|date=November 15, 2007}}{{cite news|last1=Nichols|first1=John|title=Bold Progressive Donna Edwards Enters Key Senate Race|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/bold-progressive-donna-edwards-enters-key-senate-race/|access-date=22 July 2015|publisher=The Nation|date=March 12, 2015}} Founded in 1952 as the Nancy Reynolds Bagley Foundation, the foundation was renamed the Arca Foundation in 1958. The foundation was founded with assets from the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The foundation was formerly headed by Democrat Donna Edwards, who in 2008 took a leave of absence from Arca to run successfully for Maryland's 4th congressional district.{{cite news|last1=Helderman|first1=Rosalind|title=On Campaign Trail, Armed With Self-Assurance|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/11/AR2008061103362.html|access-date=22 July 2015|newspaper=Washington Post|date=June 12, 2008}}

In the 1980s, the Arca Foundation funded lobbying efforts against U.S. policy in Central America. Since 1994, the Arca Foundation has donated millions of dollars to organizations and Democratic politicians working to lift sanctions against Cuba and normalize relations between Cuba and the United States.{{cite news|title=Elian gets a look at Georgetown fat cats|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2000/may/9/20000509-011341-9466r/?page=all|access-date=22 July 2015|work=Washington Times|date=May 9, 2000}}{{cite book|last1=López|first1=Juan|title=Democracy Delayed: The Case of Castro's Cuba|date=2003|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=9780801877728}}