Explore our grants database

Cambridge Community Foundation

To support building an arts endowment

Community Foundation for Metrowest, Inc.

To support capacity building and serve as matching funds for a campaign

Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

To increase strategic donor supports and visibility

Black Economic Council of Massachusetts, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Social Finance, Inc.

To support the Massachusetts Climate Careers Fund

Visible Hands

To provide core support for Visible Hands’ Boston ecosystem building efforts

Teach for America, Inc.

To support Teach for America’s Rhode Island region

Embrace Boston, Inc.

To support its Downtown cultural entrepreneurship planning efforts and pre-planning activities related to the acquisition of a Downtown office building

Massachusetts Voter Education Network, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Sharing Inc.

To support public access to Cities at Tufts Colloquium and to advance internal racial equity priorities

Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

To support the Climate Adaptation Forum organized quarterly by the Environmental Business Council of New England and the University of Massachusetts Boston – Sustainable Solutions Lab

Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, Inc.

To support general operations

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.