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.

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Year

Program

Strategy

Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven, Inc.

To support Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven’s energy and environmental justice policy education work in Connecticut

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $250,000
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

Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy

To support the Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy’s work with tribal communities in the Northeast

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $250,000
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

Clean Energy States Alliance, Inc.

To support informing equitable offshore wind policy development in the Northeast

Award Date: 07/29/2025
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

Salem Alliance for the Environment Inc

To support equity training and strategic planning for SAFE’s staff and Board

Award Date: 07/29/2025
Amount: $30,000
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

Maine Climate Action Now

To support offshore wind and electrification work in Maine

Award Date: 07/29/2025
Amount: $100,000
Term: 18 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy

Unitarian Universalist Massachusetts Action Network, Inc.

To support the facilitation of the Mass Power Forward coalition

Award Date: 07/29/2025
Amount: $140,000
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

Racial and Environmental Justice Committee

To support improved HR and accounting systems

Award Date: 06/27/2025
Amount: $30,000
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: Environment Council of Rhode Island Education Fund

Mothers Out Front, Inc.

To support energy campaigns in the Northeast

Award Date: 06/27/2025
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

Building Electrification Institute

To support BEI’s work on energy efficiency and electrification in Vermont

Award Date: 06/27/2025
Amount: $315,000
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
Fiscal Sponsor: Innovation Network for Communities

Slingshot

To support Slingshot’s energy programs

Award Date: 06/27/2025
Amount: $450,000
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
Fiscal Sponsor: Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.

Innovation Network for Communities

To support core operations of the Green Ribbon Commission and its working groups

Award Date: 06/10/2025
Amount: $1,150,000
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 , Climate Resilience Click to see more of the Climate Resilience strategy