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.

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Year

Program

Strategy

Focus Area

Leading Now

To provide core support

Award Date: 02/04/2026
Amount: $500,000
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
Fiscal Sponsor: New Venture Fund

Boston Public Schools

To plan a research and evaluation agenda for the Telescope Network

Award Date: 02/04/2026
Amount: $50,000
Term: 5 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

City of Everett

To create a unified instructional vision and coherent implementation strategy for the high schools in Everett Public Schools

Award Date: 02/04/2026
Amount: $160,000
Term: 10 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

MassPotential

To provide core support for MassPotential

Award Date: 01/07/2026
Amount: $600,000
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
Fiscal Sponsor: The Goodnation Foundation, Inc.

Unleashing the Power of Partnership for Learning, Inc.

To support general operations

Award Date: 01/07/2026
Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 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

Immigrant Family Services Institute, Inc.

To support IFSI’s youth leadership programs and education advocacy work

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $600,000
Term: 29 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

National Student Board Member Association

To support the National Student Board Member Association’s work in New England

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $300,000
Term: 36 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
Fiscal Sponsor: The National Center on Education and the Economy

Elevated Thought, Inc.

To support the Social Justice Cohort

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $75,000
Term: 12 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

Brown University of Providence State of RI and Prov Plantations

To implement early career teacher induction programming and share learnings

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $550,000
Term: 36 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

Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents

To support the New Superintendents’ Induction Program and integration of the REDI framework across offerings

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $450,000
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
Fiscal Sponsor: Massachusetts School Administrators Association, Inc.

Boston Green Academy Foundation, Inc.

To support the implementation of the Teaching and Learning Plan

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $400,000
Term: 36 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

President and Fellows of Harvard College

To support the scaling of the Institute for Success Planning

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $350,000
Term: 24 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