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.

Arts + Creativity
Climate
Education

Sector Effectiveness
Special Initiatives
Other

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Year

Program

Strategy

Resist, Inc.

To support participation in the Reimagining Capacity Building cohort

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $175,000
Term: 18 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Sector Infrastructure Click to see more of the Sector Infrastructure strategy

Literary Arts Fund

To provide funds to be regranted to nonprofit literary arts organizations and nonprofit publishers

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $500,000
Term: 30 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Advocating for the Arts Click to see more of the Advocating for the Arts strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc.

Social Innovation Forum, Inc.

To support participation in the Reimagining Capacity Building cohort

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $25,000
Term: 6 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Sector Infrastructure Click to see more of the Sector Infrastructure strategy

BSA Foundation

To support participation in the Reimagining Capacity Building cohort

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $175,000
Term: 18 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Sector Infrastructure Click to see more of the Sector Infrastructure strategy

Opportunity Communities LLC

To support participation in the Reimagining Capacity Building cohort

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $150,000
Term: 18 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Sector Infrastructure Click to see more of the Sector Infrastructure strategy

Young Women’s Christian Association of Boston, Inc.

To support participation in the Reimagining Capacity Building cohort

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $25,000
Term: 6 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Sector Infrastructure Click to see more of the Sector Infrastructure strategy

SOAR Management Consulting Group, Inc.

To support participation in the Reimagining Capacity Building cohort

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $20,000
Term: 6 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Sector Infrastructure Click to see more of the Sector Infrastructure strategy

Roger Williams University

To bolster CYCLE’s support for regional partners

Award Date: 11/04/2025
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

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency

To support the evolution of the Creative Cities program and pilot in North Adams

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $400,000
Term: 18 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Cultivating Spaces of Belonging Click to see more of the Cultivating Spaces of Belonging strategy

Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University

To conduct an evidence scan of high school transformation efforts

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $200,000
Term: 7 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

Harborfront Neighborhood Alliance

To provide one-time core support to its Harborfront Neighborhood Alliance program.

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $310,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program
Strategy:
Waterfront Initiative Click to see more of the Waterfront Initiative strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Boston Harbor Now, Inc.

Boston Harbor Women of Color Coalition

To provide one-time organizational development support for its Boston Harbor Women of Color Coalition program.

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $30,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program
Strategy:
Waterfront Initiative Click to see more of the Waterfront Initiative strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Save the Harbor Save the Bay