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.

Arts + Creativity
Climate
Education

Sector Effectiveness
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Year

Program

Strategy

Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC

To support The Boston Globe’s racial wealth equity coverage

Award Date: 12/02/2024
Amount: $800,000
Term: 13 months
Program:
Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program
Strategy:
Racial Wealth Equity Initiative Click to see more of the Racial Wealth Equity Initiative strategy

FII – National

To support a guaranteed income community of practice to develop a Massachusetts policy agenda, advocacy, and narrative change implementation plan

Award Date: 12/02/2024
Amount: $725,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program
Strategy:
Racial Wealth Equity Initiative Click to see more of the Racial Wealth Equity Initiative strategy

City of Somerville

To participate in the Community Heat Resilience Pilot

Award Date: 12/02/2024
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

The Funders Network, Inc.

To support the Mobility and Access Collaborative

Award Date: 12/02/2024
Amount: $30,000
Term: 28 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

Concord Monitor

To support the Solutions Journalism Lab’s efforts to help the Concord Monitor expand its education coverage

Award Date: 12/02/2024
Amount: $105,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Build Public Will Click to see more of the Build Public Will strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Nackey S Loeb School of Communications, Inc.

University of Massachusetts

To support the Commonwealth Collegiate Academy in implementing recommendations from the Barr funded EDC Evaluation

Award Date: 12/02/2024
Amount: $150,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Catalyze New Models Click to see more of the Catalyze New Models strategy

Gardner Public Schools

To continue strengthening school leadership work across the North Central School Leadership Pipeline

Award Date: 12/02/2024
Amount: $925,000
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

Educators for Excellence, Inc.

To provide core support for Educators for Excellence, Connecticut Chapter

Award Date: 12/02/2024
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

Brown University of Providence State of RI and Prov Plantations

For the Annenberg Institute to prepare and launch research exploring the developmental arcs of highly effective educators

Award Date: 12/02/2024
Amount: $440,000
Term: 15 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

Elevated Thought, Inc.

To support staffing and capacity costs for the Social Justice Cohort

Award Date: 12/02/2024
Amount: $75,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Build Public Will Click to see more of the Build Public Will strategy

The Grade

To support The Grade’s continued independent analysis of media coverage of education news in New England

Award Date: 12/02/2024
Amount: $140,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Build Public Will Click to see more of the Build Public Will strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Phi Delta Kappa

Springpoint

To support the Boston Public Schools process to review and plan for the future of the district’s education options

Award Date: 12/02/2024
Amount: $430,000
Term: 7 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Catalyze New Models Click to see more of the Catalyze New Models strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc.