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

Explore our grants database

Year

Program

Strategy

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

To provide general operating support

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $330,000
Term: 36 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

Art.coop

To support Art.coop to grow solidarity economy systems-change practices led by artists and culture bearers

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $200,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Elevating Arts Leadership Click to see more of the Elevating Arts Leadership strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Movement Strategy Center

FII – National

To support the next phase of UpTogether’s narrative efforts in Greater Boston

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $600,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program

Massachusetts Housing Partnership Fund Board

To support a shared vision for sustainable land use, growth, and mobility in Massachusetts

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $260,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

Culture and Community Power Fund

To assess and design a potential next iteration of Culture and Community Power Fund, an initiative of a funder collaborative of Barr, Kresge, and William Penn foundations

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $20,000
Term: 9 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
Fiscal Sponsor: New Venture Fund

Groundwork USA INC

To continue the Climate Safe Neighborhoods Program in Massachusetts

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $750,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Climate Resilience Click to see more of the Climate Resilience strategy

Lynn Historical Society, Inc.

To support construction projects at The Studios (previously known as the LynnArts Building)

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $250,000
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
Fiscal Sponsor: Friends of the Lynn Historical Society, Inc.

Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity, Inc.

To support its artists initiatives

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $150,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Elevating Arts Leadership Click to see more of the Elevating Arts Leadership strategy

United Philanthropy Forum

To provide organizational development support for the Strategic Sustainability Committee

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $50,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Organizational Development

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc.

To support program planning, including a survey regarding the needs and opportunities of young professionals

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $150,000
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

50CAN, Inc.

To provide core support to Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN)

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $450,000
Term: 36 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

Parent Villages

To support the Parent Villages Advocacy and Fellowship Program

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $130,000
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