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

Fractured Atlas, Inc.

To support two rounds of Creative Community Fellows (New England)

Award Date: 09/16/2026
Amount: $1,800,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Elevating Arts Leadership Click to see more of the Elevating Arts Leadership strategy

Springpoint

To provide core support for Springpoint

Award Date: 09/16/2026
Amount: $1,500,000
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.

Trustees of Boston University

To support growing WBUR’s arts coverage at all levels of the region’s ecosystem

Award Date: 08/31/2026
Amount: $900,000
Term: 36 months
Program:
Arts + Creativity Click to see more of the Arts + Creativity program
Strategy:
Elevating Arts Leadership Click to see more of the Elevating Arts Leadership strategy

Nectar Community Investments, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Award Date: 08/31/2026
Amount: $675,000
Term: 18 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

CropCircle Kitchen, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Award Date: 08/31/2026
Amount: $900,000
Term: 24 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

Great Schools Partnership, Inc.

To support the Diversifying the Educator Workforce Collaborative

Award Date: 08/31/2026
Amount: $300,000
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

Teach for America, Inc.

To provide core support to Teach for America’s Massachusetts region

Award Date: 08/31/2026
Amount: $950,000
Term: 36 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 Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy

Lawyers for Civil Rights, Inc.

To provide general operating support

Award Date: 08/31/2026
Amount: $750,000
Term: 36 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

University of Massachusetts Foundation, Inc.

To support Mass Ecosystem Climate Adaptation Network to expand learning networks for climate resilience

Award Date: 08/31/2026
Amount: $200,000
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

Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion, Inc.

To support a visioning process and programming for the arts program at La CASA, a new cultural facility in Boston

Award Date: 08/31/2026
Amount: $120,000
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

Connecticut Citizen Research Group, Inc.

To support the Connecticut Renews coalition

Award Date: 08/31/2026
Amount: $160,000
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

Center for Ecological Technology, Inc.

To support inclusive utility investments in Massachusetts

Award Date: 08/31/2026
Amount: $150,000
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