Arca Foundation

The Arca Foundation is a progressive American philanthropic foundation.^[2][3] 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.^[4]

Arca Foundation

Predecessor	Nancy Reynolds Bagley Foundation
Formation	1952
Founder	Nancy Susan Reynolds
Type	Foundation
Location	Washington, D.C.
Methods	Grantmaking
Executive Director	Jennifer Pae
Board of directors	Margery Tabankin
Key people	R. J. Reynolds, Donna Edwards
Endowment	$49 million (2023)[1]
Website	www.arcafoundation.org

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.^[5][6]