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

The Lawrence and Lillian Solomon Foundation, Inc.

To support a transition in its greenways philanthropy

Award Date: 12/10/2025
Amount: $1,500,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

Abundant Housing Massachusetts

To support housing and transit organizing, advocacy, and communications

Award Date: 12/10/2025
Amount: $1,125,000
Term: 30 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester

To support the Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester’s transportation and public health engagement and leadership

Award Date: 11/20/2025
Amount: $175,000
Term: 25 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Worcester Community Action Council, Inc.

Fairview Hospital

To support development of mobility advocacy goals in Southern Berkshire County

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $160,000
Term: 30 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

Grist Magazine, Inc.

To support mobility journalism

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $375,000
Term: 30 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

City of Brockton

To support staff capacity to implement multi-modal transportation projects

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $175,000
Term: 40 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

Transportation for Massachusetts Coalition

To provide core support for the Transportation for Massachusetts Coalition

Award Date: 11/04/2025
Amount: $840,000
Term: 8 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.

The 495 MetroWest Corridor Partnership Charitable Trust

To support transportation advocacy in the 495/MetroWest region

Award Date: 09/30/2025
Amount: $80,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

Metrowest Center for Independent Living Inc

To support mobility organizing and advocacy in MetroWest communities

Award Date: 09/30/2025
Amount: $150,000
Term: 30 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

Health Equity Partnership of North Central Mass Inc

To support mobility organizing and advocacy in North Central Massachusetts

Award Date: 09/30/2025
Amount: $255,000
Term: 30 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

Design Studio for Social Intervention

To provide core support for the Design Studio for Social Intervention

Award Date: 09/10/2025
Amount: $1,220,000
Term: 30 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program , Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Cultivating Spaces of Belonging Click to see more of the Cultivating Spaces of Belonging strategy , Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Third Sector New England, Inc.

Coalition for Social Justice-Education Fund Inc.

To support capacity building for organizational operations

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $30,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy