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.

Arts + Creativity
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Year

Program

Strategy

People’s Climate Innovation Center

To support climate leadership programs for young leaders in the Northeast US

Award Date: 09/30/2024
Amount: $350,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Fiscal Sponsor: Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc.

Common Wealth Mural Collaborative

To provide strategic growth planning and operational support.

Award Date: 09/30/2024
Amount: $240,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Activating Public Support Click to see more of the Activating Public Support strategy

Street Theory Collective

To support operations

Award Date: 09/30/2024
Amount: $240,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Activating Public Support Click to see more of the Activating Public Support strategy

Beyond Walls, Inc.

To provide strategic growth planning and operational support

Award Date: 09/30/2024
Amount: $865,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Activating Public Support Click to see more of the Activating Public Support strategy

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Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Inc.

To support the Public Art program

Award Date: 09/30/2024
Amount: $740,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Activating Public Support Click to see more of the Activating Public Support strategy

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Now and There, Inc.

To support operations

Award Date: 09/30/2024
Amount: $615,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Activating Public Support Click to see more of the Activating Public Support strategy

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Boston Cyclists Union, Inc.

To support organizing and advocacy efforts related to bicycling in the greater Boston region

Award Date: 09/30/2024
Amount: $300,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

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Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

To support Valley Creates grants

Award Date: 09/30/2024
Amount: $150,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Spanning Sectors Click to see more of the Spanning Sectors strategy

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Collective Knowledge Works, LLC

To provide core support to the May 13 Group Project

Award Date: 09/30/2024
Amount: $60,000
Term: 9 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
Fiscal Sponsor: Possibility Labs

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.