Grants Database

A breakdown of Barr's charitable support in 2024

In 2024, Barr awarded $130 million to support our partners’ work.

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 $1.5 billion to charitable causes. The database below displays all of Barr’s 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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Year

Program

Strategy

Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, Inc.

To support general operations

Award Date: 09/29/2020
Amount: $300,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Build Public Will Click to see more of the Build Public Will strategy

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Massachusetts Advocates for Children, Inc.

To support general operations

Award Date: 09/29/2020
Amount: $350,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Build Public Will Click to see more of the Build Public Will strategy

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The Grade

To support The Grade’s continued independent analysis of media coverage of education news in Boston and Providence

Award Date: 09/29/2020
Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Build Public Will Click to see more of the Build Public Will strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Phi Delta Kappa

Massachusetts Parents United, Inc.

To support general operations

Award Date: 09/29/2020
Amount: $400,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Build Public Will Click to see more of the Build Public Will strategy

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Massachusetts Communities Action Network, Inc.

To support continued advocacy for equitable access to high-quality vocational technical education in Massachusetts

Award Date: 09/29/2020
Amount: $200,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Build Public Will Click to see more of the Build Public Will strategy

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The Education Trust

To support public opinion survey development and communications in the 2020-21 school year

Award Date: 09/29/2020
Amount: $100,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Build Public Will Click to see more of the Build Public Will strategy

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The Lenny Zakim Fund

To support Lenny Zakim Fund’s 25 Anniversary No Show Ball at the Social Justice Advocate sponsorship level

Award Date: 09/29/2020
Amount: $25,000
Term: 6 months
Program:
Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program

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University of Washington Foundation

To support the University of Washington’s CRPE project to conduct and coordinate research on the impact of COVID-19 on New England public high schools