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

Build Public Will

The Education Trust

To support polling on education in Massachusetts

Award Date: 08/31/2026
Amount: $215,000
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

Teach for America, Inc.

To provide core support to Teach for America’s Massachusetts region

Award Date: 08/31/2026
Amount: $950,000
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 Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy

Citizens for Juvenile Justice

To support general operations

Award Date: 08/05/2026
Amount: $250,000
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

EdNavigator, Inc.

To support operations in Massachusetts

Award Date: 06/03/2026
Amount: $100,000
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

OneGoal

To support OneGoal Massachusetts’ efforts to elevate high-quality high school advising in Massachusetts

Award Date: 06/03/2026
Amount: $100,000
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

Worcester Education Collaborative

To provide core support for Worcester Education Collaborative

Award Date: 06/03/2026
Amount: $200,000
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: United Way of Central Massachusetts, Inc.

Friends of St. Stephens Youth Programs Inc.

To support efforts to improve support for multilingual learners in Boston Public Schools

Award Date: 04/29/2026
Amount: $235,000
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

Worcester State Foundation, Inc

To support Latino Education Institute’s Youth Civics Union program and family engagement efforts

Award Date: 04/29/2026
Amount: $200,000
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

Lawrence CommunityWorks, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Award Date: 04/29/2026
Amount: $100,000
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’s Promise

To provide supplemental support for Brown’s Promises work in MA

Award Date: 04/01/2026
Amount: $50,000
Term: 10 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: Southern Education Foundation, Inc.

Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC

To continue support for The Great Divide

Award Date: 04/01/2026
Amount: $800,000
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

Brockton Interfaith Community, Inc.

To support Youth SOL’s work with Brockton’s high school students

Award Date: 04/01/2026
Amount: $125,000
Term: 15 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