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
Education

Sector Effectiveness
Special Initiatives
Other

Explore our grants database

Year

Program

Strategy

Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Inc.

To support organizational DEI training

Award Date: 03/08/2022
Amount: $115,000
Term: 12 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 Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Inc.

To support assessment, education, and policy and practice revision to advance racial equity within the foundation.

Award Date: 03/08/2022
Amount: $55,000
Term: 8 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

Green Energy Consumers Alliance, Inc.

To support the New England Wind Fund

Award Date: 03/08/2022
Amount: $25,000
Term: 60 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Clean Energy Click to see more of the Clean Energy strategy

City of Boston

To support the national search process for the Senior Advisor, Green New Deal

Award Date: 02/08/2022
Amount: $65,000
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

Caribe Communications and Publications, Inc.

To support a campaign to amplify public transportation information to Spanish-speaking transit riders

Award Date: 02/01/2022
Amount: $100,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

StreetsblogMASS

To support Streetsblog MASS

Award Date: 02/01/2022
Amount: $180,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.

Mystic River Watershed Association, Inc.

To jointly manage an Extreme Heat Task Force to implement COVID-safe cooling strategies in the most COVID impacted communities of Greater Boston

Award Date: 02/01/2022
Amount: $625,000
Term: 18 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

Metropolitan Area Planning Council

To jointly manage an Extreme Heat Task Force to implement COVID-safe cooling strategies in the most COVID-impacted communities of Greater Boston

Award Date: 02/01/2022
Amount: $415,000
Term: 18 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

Union Capital Boston, Inc.

To support UCB’s work focused on education, through member programming and leadership development

Award Date: 02/01/2022
Amount: $200,000
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

The Center for Civic Design

To support a nonpartisan Massachusetts-based project to improve voter outreach and increase participation

Award Date: 02/01/2022
Amount: $150,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Decision-Making

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc.

To support the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s City Awake program

Award Date: 02/01/2022
Amount: $75,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Leadership

New Venture Fund

To support the dissemination work of the Infrastructure Research Collaborative’s current research on emerging trends facing the social sector

Award Date: 02/01/2022
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