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

Brockton Public Schools

To support Brockton Promise College and Career Academy to deepen their learning and establish codified practices to sustain them following the end of the ENE cohort

Award Date: 05/27/2025
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

Springpoint

To provide technical assistance support for ENE grantees as they deepen learning and codify practices to sustain them following the end of the ENE cohort

Award Date: 05/27/2025
Amount: $810,000
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
Fiscal Sponsor: National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc.

The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Inc.

To support expenses associated with executive search and placement

Award Date: 05/27/2025
Amount: $30,000
Term: 6 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Organizational Development

Boston Green New Deal Coalition

To support the Boston Green New Deal Coalition

Award Date: 05/27/2025
Amount: $375,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Climate Resilience Click to see more of the Climate Resilience strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation

The Climate Beacon Project Inc.

To support the 2025 Climate Beacon conference

Award Date: 05/27/2025
Amount: $30,000
Term: 8 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 , Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Innovation Network for Communities

Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities

To support staffing for the Expand Massachusetts Stories grants program and business model scenario planning

Award Date: 05/27/2025
Amount: $170,000
Term: 8 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Advocating for the Arts Click to see more of the Advocating for the Arts strategy

Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund, Inc.

To support strategic planning and a staff retreat

Award Date: 05/27/2025
Amount: $35,000
Term: 12 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 , Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

Boston Public Art Triennial Inc.

To support expenses associated with improving safety and security for public art installations

Award Date: 05/27/2025
Amount: $60,000
Term: 7 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Cultivating Spaces of Belonging Click to see more of the Cultivating Spaces of Belonging strategy

Northeastern University

To provide program support to the Boston Area Research Initiative to strengthen access to quality program evaluation for community organizations in Greater Boston

Award Date: 05/27/2025
Amount: $80,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Sector Infrastructure Click to see more of the Sector Infrastructure strategy

The Loop Lab, Inc.

To support general operating expenses

Award Date: 05/27/2025
Amount: $60,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Cultivating Spaces of Belonging Click to see more of the Cultivating Spaces of Belonging strategy

Boston Foundation, Inc.

To support Cultural Space Readiness Technical Assistance Pilot Program

Award Date: 04/29/2025
Amount: $400,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Cultivating Spaces of Belonging Click to see more of the Cultivating Spaces of Belonging strategy

Wheelock Educational Policy Center

To provide core support for Wheelock Educational Policy Center’s work in the New England region

Award Date: 04/29/2025
Amount: $750,000
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
Fiscal Sponsor: Trustees of Boston University