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.

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Year

Program

Strategy

Focus Area

Transcend, Inc.

To build and pilot 7 new design kits that inform innovative school models

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $500,000
Term: 24 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

Great Oaks Charter School – Bridgeport Inc.

To support the ongoing redesign of Great Oaks Charter School Bridgeport

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

Kreiva Academy Public Charter School

To support the continued transformation and sustainability efforts at Kreiva Academy

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $300,000
Term: 24 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

Moxie Public Schools

To support the design year for a new school option in Portland, ME

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $250,000
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

Lynn Public Schools

To support the launch of City Arts and Sciences Academy

Award Date: 08/27/2025
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

Americans for the Arts, Inc.

For Cultural Crossroads: Toward a Vision for Public Support of Culture in the U.S., a field convening on September 10, 2025, hosted by Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership