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.

Arts + Creativity
Climate
Education

Sector Effectiveness
Special Initiatives
Other

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Year

Program

Strategy

Focus Area

Holyoke Public Schools

To support Holyoke Opportunity Academy (HOA) 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

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.

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

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

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

EdNavigator, Inc.

To support EdNavigator’s continued operations in Massachusetts

Award Date: 04/29/2025
Amount: $100,000
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

350NH

To support 350 New Hampshire’s work on clean energy and environmental justice

Award Date: 04/29/2025
Amount: $120,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy