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
Special Initiatives
Other

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Year

Program

Strategy

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity

To support 2020 Barr Foundation Membership Dues for the Climate and Energy Funders Group (CEFG)

Award Date: 01/29/2020
Amount: $7,500
Term: 12 months
Program:
Memberships

Technology Association of Grantmakers

To support 2020 Barr Foundation Membership Dues

Award Date: 01/29/2020
Amount: $2,200
Term: 12 months
Program:
Memberships

Philanthropy Roundtable

To support 2020 Barr Foundation Membership Dues

Award Date: 01/29/2020
Amount: $1,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Memberships

Our Turn, Inc.

To support Young People’s Campaign for Education 2020

Award Date: 01/29/2020
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

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Inc.

To support diversity, equity, and inclusion training for Greenway staff

Award Date: 01/29/2020
Amount: $30,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

To support GEO’s 2020 Conference in Boston

Award Date: 01/29/2020
Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program

New England Foundation for the Arts, Inc.

To build capacity for the Creative Economy Department

Award Date: 01/06/2020
Amount: $450,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program

New World Foundation

To support clean energy grassroots efforts in Massachusetts

Award Date: 01/06/2020
Amount: $450,000
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

Regulatory Assistance Project

To accelerate innovative clean energy policy in New England

Award Date: 01/06/2020
Amount: $300,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy

Building Movement Project

To support Building Movement Project’s second round of Race to Lead Massachusetts research

Award Date: 01/06/2020
Amount: $25,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Leadership Click to see more of the Leadership strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Third Sector New England, Inc.

The Education Trust

To support local stakeholder engagement in Massachusetts districts’ plan development as required in the Student Opportunity Act

Award Date: 01/06/2020
Amount: $100,000
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

PEAK Grantmaking, Inc.

To support 2020 Barr Foundation Membership Dues. An additional $1,848 will be paid out of operating for goods and services

Award Date: 01/06/2020
Amount: $5,152
Term: 12 months
Program:
Memberships