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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FII – National

To support the next phase of UpTogether’s narrative efforts in Greater Boston

Healthcare Anchor Network, Inc.

To support the Healthcare Anchor Network’s 2025 Annual Convening at the Community Partner Level

Piers Park Sailing Center

To provide one-time organizational development support

Americans for the Arts, Inc.

For Cultural Crossroads: Toward a Vision for Public Support of Culture in the U.S., a field convening on September 10, 2025, hosted by Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership

Local Independent Online News Publishers, Inc.

To support the implementation of recommendations from LION audits in New England independent newsrooms

Trustees of Boston University

To support Boston University’s College of Communication’s initiative to support sustainable journalism

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

To sponsor the 2026 GEO National Conference

Boston Foundation, Inc.

To sponsor the Latino Equity Fund’s event series at the Propel level

Boston Foundation, Inc.

To support the Legal Response Fund

United Way of Massachusetts Bay, Inc.

To support the United Response Fund

Piers Park Sailing Center

To provide one time core support

We Are ALX, 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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