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
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Year

Program

Strategy

Focus Area

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

LEADS, Inc.

To provide core operating support

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $525,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Social Change Leaders Click to see more of the Social Change Leaders strategy

Healthcare Anchor Network, Inc.

To support the Healthcare Anchor Network’s 2025 Annual Convening at the Community Partner Level

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $20,000
Term: 6 months
Program:
Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program
Strategy:
Racial Wealth Equity Click to see more of the Racial Wealth Equity strategy

Mosaic Lowell

To support Mosaic Lowell’s attendance at the Grantmakers for the Arts annual conference

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $2,500
Term: 4 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: Greater Lowell Community Foundation, Inc.

Relay Graduate School of Education

To continue work to codify and share learnings from the partnership in Holyoke (MA)

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $125,000
Term: 12 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

Teach Plus Incorporated

To provide core support to Teach Plus Massachusetts

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

Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven, Inc.

To support Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven’s energy and environmental justice policy education work in Connecticut

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

Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy

To support the Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy’s work with tribal communities in the Northeast

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

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

To support leadership development through the Influence 100 and Aspiring Principals fellowships

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $520,000
Term: 24 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

Worcester Regional Research Bureau Inc.

To support climate research in Worcester

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $100,000
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 Climate Resilience Click to see more of the Climate Resilience strategy Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

Trustees of Boston University

To support research on extreme heat impacts and interventions 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

Candid

To provide general support

Award Date: 08/27/2025
Amount: $50,000
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