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Grants Database

A breakdown of Barr's charitable support in 2025

In 2025, Barr awarded over $130 million in grants and direct charitable support to our partners.

The large majority of Barr’s giving focuses on three program areas: Arts + Creativity, Climate, and Education. This is complemented by grantmaking to strengthen New England’s social sector, and by targeted, time-limited Special Initiatives.

Since 1997, Barr has contributed more than $1.89 billion to charitable causes. The database below displays all of Barr’s active grants from the past five years, starting with the most recent. It is updated monthly.

We invite you to explore our grants using the search bar or the filters to sort by year, program, and/or strategy.

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  • Arts + Creativity
  • Climate
  • Education
  • Sector Effectiveness
  • Special Initiatives
  • Other

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United States Artists, Inc.

To support a new pooled fund for unrestricted artists fellowships

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency

To support the Creative Cities and TDI Equity programs as part of the Transformative Development Initiative

Culture and Community Power Fund

To support the next phase of the Culture & Community Power Fund

Mystic River Watershed Association, Inc.

To support projects and efforts to develop climate resilience, greenways, and waterfront access

Inspired Breath LLC

To continue to build the Community Catalyst Program

Acadia Center

To provide general operating support

Brown University of Providence State of RI and Prov Plantations

To research the development of persistently effective teachers

Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, Inc.

To provide continued support for the Delivering on Equity Collective

Castle of Our Skins, Inc.

To support the capital campaign for a new cultural facility in Boston’s South End neighborhood

Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities

To provide general operating support

Metropolitan Area Planning Council

To add additional components to the Climate Resilience Playbook.

Generation Teach, Inc.

To provide core support for Generation Teach New England

Our Process and Approach

There are many pathways to receiving a grant from the Barr Foundation. Learn more about the details of our process and approach to grantmaking.

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