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

Asian Pacific Islander’s Civic Action Network

To provide support for its Asian Pacific Islander’s Civic Action Network program’s narrative change efforts related to wealth equity

Award Date: 10/25/2024
Amount: $500,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program
Strategy:
Racial Wealth Equity Initiative Click to see more of the Racial Wealth Equity Initiative strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Asian American Resource Workshop, Inc.

Ceres, Inc.

To mobilize businesses and investors in support of clean energy policies by integrating their perspectives

Award Date: 10/25/2024
Amount: $700,000
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

Boston Foundation, Inc.

To provide core support for the Greater Boston Partnership to Close the Racial Wealth Gap

Award Date: 10/25/2024
Amount: $250,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program
Strategy:
Racial Wealth Equity Initiative Click to see more of the Racial Wealth Equity Initiative strategy

Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Award Date: 10/25/2024
Amount: $300,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program
Strategy:
Racial Wealth Equity Initiative Click to see more of the Racial Wealth Equity Initiative strategy

Hack Diversity, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Award Date: 10/25/2024
Amount: $200,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program
Strategy:
Racial Wealth Equity Initiative Click to see more of the Racial Wealth Equity Initiative strategy

Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation

To support community leadership on climate and racial justice in Codman Square and South Dorchester

Award Date: 10/25/2024
Amount: $375,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Climate Resilience Click to see more of the Climate Resilience strategy

Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy

To support general operations

Award Date: 10/25/2024
Amount: $150,000
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

Teach for America, Inc.

To provide core support for Teach for America’s Connecticut region

Award Date: 10/25/2024
Amount: $150,000
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

BPE, Inc.

To support continued implementation of the Elevating Educators Coalition

Award Date: 10/25/2024
Amount: $250,000
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

Community Access to the Arts, Inc.

To participate in Barr’s Cultural Evolution grants program

Award Date: 10/25/2024
Amount: $425,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Adapting Boldly Click to see more of the Adapting Boldly strategy

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Inc.

To participate in Barr’s Cultural Evolution grants program

Award Date: 10/25/2024
Amount: $415,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Adapting Boldly Click to see more of the Adapting Boldly strategy

Boston Lyric Opera Company

To participate in Barr’s Cultural Evolution grants program

Award Date: 10/25/2024
Amount: $375,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Adapting Boldly Click to see more of the Adapting Boldly strategy