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Grants Database

A breakdown of Barr's charitable support in 2025

In 2025, Barr awarded over $130 million in grants and direct charitable support to our partners.

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 $1.89 billion to charitable causes. The database below displays all of Barr’s active 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.

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  • Arts + Creativity
  • Climate
  • Education
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City of Springfield

To continue the Equitable Pathways to Leadership Program

University of Texas at Austin

To support data infrastructure and research into the superintendent workforce

Conservation Capacity Project

To support the New England Leaders Cohort

Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition

To provide core support to Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition

Chelsea Public Schools

To continue transforming Chelsea High School

Area Cooperative Educational Services

To support the continued transformation of the school’s instructional vision and mission

Capitol Region Education Council

To continue transforming CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts

Prospect Hill Academy Charter School Foundation

To support the continued transformation efforts around PHA’s mission and instructional vision

Moxie Public Schools

To support the school’s development and launch

CityLab Innovation High School

To support the transformation efforts at CityLab Innovation High School and pilot a teacher residency

City of Everett

To create a unified instructional vision and coherent implementation strategy for the high schools in Everett Public Schools

United States Artists, Inc.

To support a new pooled fund for unrestricted artists fellowships

Our Process and Approach

There are many pathways to receiving a grant from the Barr Foundation. Learn more about the details of our process and approach to grantmaking.

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