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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Year

Program

Strategy

Focus Area

Creative Hub Worcester

To support the first phase of construction of the Creative Hub Worcester Community Arts Center

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $750,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program

Peabody Essex Museum, Inc.

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $300,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program

Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC

To continue support for The Great Divide: Race, Class, and Opportunity in Our Schools

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $800,000
Term: 24 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

Institute of Contemporary Art

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $300,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program

American Repertory Theatre Company Incorporated

To invest risk capital in organizational and artistic leadership

Award Date: 11/29/2023
Amount: $300,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, 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

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, 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

Celebrity Series of Boston

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

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

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

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

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