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
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Year

Program

Strategy

Emerson College

To support ArtsEmerson to invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $360,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Adapting Boldly Click to see more of the Adapting Boldly strategy

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Inc.

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $360,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Adapting Boldly Click to see more of the Adapting Boldly strategy

Grub Street, Inc.

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $360,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Adapting Boldly Click to see more of the Adapting Boldly strategy

The American City Coalition, Inc.

To support its Waterways: Connecting Residents of Roxbury and Dorchester to Boston’s Waterfront work

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $600,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program
Strategy:
Waterfront Initiative Click to see more of the Waterfront Initiative strategy

Mystic River Watershed Association, Inc.

To support the next phase of the Little Mystic Annex Parcel Harborwalk and creation of a publicly accessible dock

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $750,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program
Strategy:
Waterfront Initiative Click to see more of the Waterfront Initiative strategy

Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation

To support the Boston Green New Deal Coalition

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $230,000
Term: 18 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Climate Resilience Click to see more of the Climate Resilience strategy

New England Grassroots Environment Fund, Inc.

To enhance climate resilience at the community level in Metro Boston through participatory grantmaking approaches

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $850,000
Term: 48 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Climate Resilience Click to see more of the Climate Resilience strategy

The Silk Road Project, Inc.

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $360,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Adapting Boldly Click to see more of the Adapting Boldly strategy

World Music, Inc.

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $360,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Adapting Boldly Click to see more of the Adapting Boldly strategy

Theater Offensive, Inc.

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $360,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Adapting Boldly Click to see more of the Adapting Boldly strategy

Huntington Theatre Company, Inc.

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $310,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Adapting Boldly Click to see more of the Adapting Boldly strategy

Generation Teach, Inc.

To provide core support for Generation Teach New England

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $900,000
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