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Boston Harbor Now, Inc.

To provide core support for the Coalition for a Resilient and Inclusive Waterfront.

  • Award Date: 2/1/2022
  • Amount: $785,000
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

Save the Harbor Save the Bay

To support its environmental policy and advocacy agenda.

  • Award Date: 1/4/2022
  • Amount: $100,000
  • Term: 24 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

Trustees of Reservations

To support the Trustees of Reservations' One Waterfront Initiative to develop signature, equitable, and climate-resilient parks on the Boston waterfront.

  • Award Date: 12/8/2021
  • Amount: $1,500,000
  • Term: 24 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

Boston Foundation, Inc.

To provide core support for the next iteration of The Color of Wealth report in collaboration with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

  • Award Date: 11/30/2021
  • Amount: $500,000
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

Neighborhood Development Corporation of Jamaica Plain

To support its Center for Equity and Prosperity capital campaign.

  • Award Date: 11/30/2021
  • Amount: $150,000
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

New Venture Fund

To provide core support for its Census Equity Initiative program.

  • Award Date: 11/30/2021
  • Amount: $300,000
  • Term: 36 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

To provide unrestricted support to recognize the service of Karen Kelleher during the Barr Foundation's centralized racial equity grantmaking listening tour.

  • Award Date: 10/26/2021
  • Amount: $500
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

Muslim Justice League, Inc.

To provide continued support as part of the Barr Foundation's Special Initiatives' COVID-19 response grantmaking.

  • Award Date: 10/26/2021
  • Amount: $40,000
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

Boston Foundation, Inc.

To provide core support to the Asian Community Fund program at an important inflection point for the Fund.

  • Award Date: 9/28/2021
  • Amount: $450,000
  • Term: 36 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

The American City Coalition, Inc.

To support its Waterways: Connecting Residents of Roxbury and Dorchester to Boston's Waterfront work.

  • Award Date: 9/28/2021
  • Amount: $300,000
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives