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
Climate
Education

Sector Effectiveness
Special Initiatives
Other

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Year

Program

Strategy

Assets for Artists, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Award Date: 09/10/2025
Amount: $1,500,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Elevating Arts Leadership Click to see more of the Elevating Arts Leadership strategy

PRX, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Award Date: 09/10/2025
Amount: $1,500,000
Term: 36 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

MASSCreative, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Award Date: 09/10/2025
Amount: $1,500,000
Term: 36 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

Design Studio for Social Intervention

To provide core support for the Design Studio for Social Intervention

Award Date: 09/10/2025
Amount: $1,235,000
Term: 30 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program , Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Cultivating Spaces of Belonging Click to see more of the Cultivating Spaces of Belonging strategy , Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Third Sector New England, Inc.

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency

To support real estate and capital investments in Transformative Development Initiative Districts

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $1,000,000
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

Emerson College

To provide one-time organizational transition planning support to HowlRound

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $22,500
Term: 4 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Organizational Development

Castle of Our Skins, Inc.

To support with planning and feasibility for a new cultural facility in Boston

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $300,000
Term: 12 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

Elevated Thought, Inc.

To support construction of Elevated on the 6th, a new programming and gathering space

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $600,000
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

Art.coop

To support Art.coop to grow solidarity economy systems-change practices led by artists and culture bearers

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $200,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Elevating Arts Leadership Click to see more of the Elevating Arts Leadership strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Movement Strategy Center

Culture and Community Power Fund

To assess and design a potential next iteration of Culture and Community Power Fund, an initiative of a funder collaborative of Barr, Kresge, and William Penn foundations

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $20,000
Term: 9 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: New Venture Fund

Lynn Historical Society, Inc.

To support construction projects at The Studios (previously known as the LynnArts Building)

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $250,000
Term: 12 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
Fiscal Sponsor: Friends of the Lynn Historical Society, Inc.

Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity, Inc.

To support its artists initiatives

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $150,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Elevating Arts Leadership Click to see more of the Elevating Arts Leadership strategy

Grants Database

A breakdown of Barr's charitable support in 2024

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Assets for Artists, Inc.

PRX, Inc.

MASSCreative, Inc.

Design Studio for Social Intervention

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency

Emerson College

Castle of Our Skins, Inc.

Elevated Thought, Inc.

Art.coop

Culture and Community Power Fund

Lynn Historical Society, Inc.

Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity, Inc.

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