Hear from staff and partners about aspirations, accomplishments, and lessons learned along the way.
Erin Long via Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
Boston Launches First-Ever Cultural Planning Process
A city takes the long-term view of arts and culture.
Readying for Rising Seas
Boston is the fourth most vulnerable city in the U.S. to the impacts of sea-level rise. How can we prepare?
Proving it Pays to Walk
A conversation between Barr’s Mary Skelton Roberts and Chris Leinberger, lead author of a new report on Walkable Urban Places (a.k.a. “WalkUPs”), a promising pathway to a more vibrant, equitable, and low-carbon region.
On New Websites and Transparency
Why website redesigns are the first move, not the last, towards greater transparency.
Announcing Barr’s First Grants of 2015
Barr’s trustees award 39 grants totaling $9.9 million at their first quarterly meeting of 2015.
Creating a Communications Culture
Highlights from an ongoing Stanford Social Innovation Review blog series on strategic communications, including a new contribution from Barr.
Announcing Barr’s New Director of Education
Leah Hamilton will join the Barr Foundation as its new director of education.
Welcome to Barr’s New Website
On behalf of all of us at Barr, I welcome you to our new website and introduce you to our new visual identity.
Introducing the New BarrFoundation.org
A tour of Barr’s new website from our director of communications.
Education Models Worth Expanding
New education report spotlights two Barr grantees as models worth expanding and replicating.