Five Mobility Bright Spots to Build on in 2022
We’ve been through a lot in the last 22 months. Are we less afraid of change?
A Different Direction: Tools to Advance Equity in Transportation
A new guide provides recommendations for transportation practitioners who are looking to advance equity in their work.
Money Talks. Here’s What We Want it to Say.
To center racial equity in the climate movement, we need to change who we’re funding and how we operate.
Barr Seeks Senior Program Officer for Clean Energy
Working closely with the Director of Climate, the Senior Program Officer for Clean Energy will collaborate with partners across the Northeast to advance equity-centered solutions to climate change.
Lessons from the Pandemic for Building Resilience
A new report calls for investing in approaches that are people focused, intersectional, institutional, and rooted in anti-racist and anti-oppressive practice.
How Grantmakers and Governments Moved Quickly to Transform Public Spaces
The COVID pandemic pushed Massachusetts cities and towns to rethink their public spaces. It also pushed us as funders to rethink how we do our work.
Ahead of the Heat Wave: Preparing for Extreme Heat in Massachusetts
Explore resources from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council's first Heat Preparedness Week.
Racial Equity and Barr’s Climate Program
Director Mariella Puerto shares how Barr’s Climate Program is centering racial equity in its work.
A Time for Bold Action on Climate
Amos Hostetter, Barr’s Co-Founder and Trustee, reflects on more than a decade of climate philanthropy.
Mariella Puerto Named Barr Foundation Climate Program Director
A Barr veteran and field leader, Mariella will oversee continued growth of the Foundation’s Clean Energy, Mobility, and Resilience focus areas.