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Blog Post
Barr Awards $20.7 Million in Second Quarter of 2021
Grants include support for a national investment fund for alternate economic systems in the arts, a convening series for affordable housing advocates, and sector-wide efforts to transform evaluation paradigms in philanthropy into tools for greater equity.
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Advancing Racial Equity
Barr is committed to centering racial equity in all that we do.
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Investing in Leadership for Racial Equity
A call for new models and approaches to leadership development with racial equity at the center.
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Designing Employee Leave Policies that Reflect Our Values
What we learned from reviewing our employee handbook through a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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