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

Roca, Inc.

To support the continued transformation efforts at ROCA which includes providing continued general support for Roca’s work in the City of Boston, and in Western MA through the Roca Springfield and Roca Holyoke sites.

Award Date: 09/30/2024
Amount: $300,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Catalyze New Models Click to see more of the Catalyze New Models strategy

Illuminus

To provide core support for Illuminus

Award Date: 09/30/2024
Amount: $240,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Fiscal Sponsor: Boston Lyric Opera Company

National Arts Strategies, Inc.

To support two cohorts of Creative Community Fellows New England and alumni engagement activities

Award Date: 09/11/2024
Amount: $2,000,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program

Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Award Date: 09/11/2024
Amount: $2,700,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy , Climate Resilience Click to see more of the Climate Resilience strategy , Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

The Education Trust

To provide core support for the organization’s Massachusetts work

Award Date: 09/11/2024
Amount: $1,800,000
Term: 36 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

The Center for Cultural Innovation

To support AmbitioUS and Research 2 Impact

Award Date: 09/03/2024
Amount: $1,000,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program

Boston Municipal Research Bureau, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Award Date: 09/03/2024
Amount: $450,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Decision-Making Click to see more of the Decision-Making strategy

Boston Food Forest Coalition Inc.

To strengthen stewardship of food forests in Boston

Award Date: 09/03/2024
Amount: $300,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Climate Resilience Click to see more of the Climate Resilience strategy

Groundwork Lawrence, Inc.

To support community organizing for more affordable, safe, and resilient transportation options in Lawrence

Award Date: 09/03/2024
Amount: $450,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

Connecticut Citizen Research Group, Inc.

To support the Connecticut Renews Coalition

Award Date: 09/03/2024
Amount: $160,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy

Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents

To continue support for the implementation of M.A.S.S.’s Strategy for advancing Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, including the New Superintendents’ Induction Program

Award Date: 09/03/2024
Amount: $475,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Massachusetts School Administrators Association, Inc.

Embrace Boston, Inc.

To support operations for Everyone 250, which builds an ecology of festivals and temporary space activations that builds Boston into a more culturally vibrant city.

Award Date: 09/03/2024
Amount: $250,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program