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

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

To support leadership development through the Influence 100 and Aspiring Principals fellowships

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $520,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy

Teach Plus Incorporated

To provide core support to Teach Plus Massachusetts

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $450,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy

Relay Graduate School of Education

To continue work to codify and share learnings from the partnership in Holyoke (MA)

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $125,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy

Trustees of Boston College

To support the Lynch Leadership Academy’s Changing Mindsets through Critical Awareness Curriculum project

Award Date: 07/29/2025
Amount: $35,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy

The Teachers’ Lounge Incorporated

To support general operations

Award Date: 07/29/2025
Amount: $600,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy

Power of Place Learning Communities, Inc.

To support the integration and continuation of programming of The Teacher Collaborative

Award Date: 05/27/2025
Amount: $250,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy

The Breakthrough Collaborative Inc.

To support general operations

Award Date: 05/27/2025
Amount: $200,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy

Teach for America, Inc.

To support Teach for America’s Rhode Island region

Award Date: 05/27/2025
Amount: $400,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy

National Council on Teacher Quality

To provide core support in New England

Award Date: 04/29/2025
Amount: $500,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy

Wheelock Educational Policy Center

To provide core support for Wheelock Educational Policy Center’s work in the New England region

Award Date: 04/29/2025
Amount: $750,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Trustees of Boston University

Leading Now

To provide core support to Leading Now

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $650,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: New Venture Fund

Research for Action, Inc.

To pursue research into school district systems of support for developing teacher effectiveness

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $550,000
Term: 26 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy