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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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Zeiterion Theatre, Inc.

To support board development and succession planning

World Music, Inc. dba Global Arts Live

To support an updated capital campaign strategy and implementation

Community Access to the Arts, Inc.

To advancing Community Access to the Arts’ Capacity for regional and national foundation support

Community Music Center of Boston

To support a communications strategy and marketing plan

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity

To support strategic planning

Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

To support its NOAH Fund and other community centric investments

The Friends of the East Boston Greenway, Inc.

To provide one-time core support

The Record Company, Inc.

To provide general operating support and support participation in the Cultural Evolution cohort

The Builder Coalition, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Boston Foundation, Inc.

To provide additional funding for the Mass ECHOS project

Philanthropy New York Inc.

To support the Clarity Not Certainty Effect project

Massachusetts Design Art & Technology Institute, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Our Process and Approach

There are many pathways to receiving a grant from the Barr Foundation. Learn more about the details of our process and approach to grantmaking.

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