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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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  • Arts + Creativity
  • Climate
  • Education
  • Sector Effectiveness
  • Special Initiatives
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American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences

To CALDER to research educator standards in Massachusetts

Great Schools Partnership, Inc.

To support the Diversifying the Educator Workforce Collaborative

Teach for America, Inc.

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

Brown University of Providence State of RI and Prov Plantations

To support research into the Telescope Network in the Boston Public Schools

Boston Public Schools

To support research and implementation into the Telescope Network

President and Fellows of Harvard College

To support the launch of the Initiative on Superintendent as Civic Leader

University of Texas at Austin

To support data infrastructure and research into the superintendent workforce

City of Springfield

To continue the Equitable Pathways to Leadership Program

BPE, Inc.

To support the Elevating Educators Coalition

Brown University of Providence State of RI and Prov Plantations

To research the development of persistently effective teachers

Springpoint

To research and provide support to alumni of the Transformative Leaders of Massachusetts fellowship

Generation Teach, Inc.

To provide core support for Generation Teach New England

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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