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

Regulatory Assistance Project

To support clean energy regulatory work in New England

Award Date: 02/04/2026
Amount: $350,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy

Applied Economics Clinic, Inc.

To support independent clean energy research and analysis in New England

Award Date: 02/04/2026
Amount: $375,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy

Building Electrification Accelerator Inc

To support local government learning cohorts and city-based project work on decarbonization

Award Date: 02/04/2026
Amount: $120,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy

Switchbox

To support electrification rate analyses in the Northeast

Award Date: 01/07/2026
Amount: $100,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Spring Street Climate Fund Inc

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity

To support strategic planning

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $15,000
Term: 6 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy

National Consumer Law Center, Inc.

To support consumer protection on extreme heat and clean energy

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $100,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy

Environmental Protection Network

To provide coaching and technical assistance to climate organizations on fundraising and grant compliance

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $165,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy

National Wildlife Federation

To support National Wildlife Federation’s offshore wind program activities in New England

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $525,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy

Clean Water Fund

To support Clean Water Fund’s work on clean energy in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Award Date: 09/30/2025
Amount: $750,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy

Maine People’s Resource Center

To support work on clean energy and the Maine Frontline Climate Formation

Award Date: 09/30/2025
Amount: $350,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy

Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund

To support grassroots organizations to engage in clean energy in Pennsylvania

Award Date: 09/30/2025
Amount: $525,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy

Worcester Regional Research Bureau Inc.

To support climate research in Worcester

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $100,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy , Climate Resilience Click to see more of the Climate Resilience strategy , Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy