Hear from staff and partners about aspirations, accomplishments, and lessons learned along the way.

Erin Long via Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

Boston Green and Healthy Building Network

The Boston Green & Healthy Building Network provides a platform for collaboration to promote green and healthy buildings for representatives from about ten Boston-area non-profit organizations and the City of Boston. This case study summarizes learnings and maps the evolution of the network's composition and dynamics since it was launched in 2005 at the initiative of the Barr Foundation.

December 08, 2010 | Category: Climate

Immigrant Engagement in Public Open Space

Lauren Woody

Guest Author · Former Program Assistant

The first immigrants to arrive in Massachusetts brought with them a clear mental image of what public open space should look like and how it should be used.

December 08, 2010 | Category: Arts & Creativity

Lawrence Community Works

The problem that Lawrence, Massachusetts faces is familiar: how to restore a dying industrial city. But the answer is far from what community and economic developers are accustomed to trying. In quite unconventional ways, it builds heavily upon the social connections of individuals throughout the city to develop new leadership, vision, and change.

December 08, 2010 | Category: Climate

Moving Cooler: An Analysis of Transportation Strategies

Moving Cooler examines over 50 strategies for transportation reform.

December 08, 2010 | Category: Climate

Barr Foundation 2007 Grantee Perception Report

Barr engaged The Center for Effective Philanthropy to conduct our second Grantee Perception Report.

December 08, 2010 | Category: Barr News

Building the Field of Dreams

A new report on Social Networks as a Source of Sector-Level Capacity in the After-School World.

December 08, 2010 | Category: Education

The Departing: Exiting Nonprofit Leaders as Resources for Social Change

A new report from Grantmakers for Effective Organizations.

December 08, 2010 | Category: Sector Effectiveness

The Climate Gap: Inequalities in How Climate Change Hurts Americans & How to Close the Gap

The Climate Gap focuses its sites on California to determine how vulnerable citizens across the United States will cope as the environment responds to climate change.

December 08, 2010 | Category: Climate

Barr Foundation Racial Justice Analysis

In 2007, Barr engaged the Applied Research Center and the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity to assess our work to address inequities, especially those related to race.

December 08, 2010 | Category: Sector Effectiveness

Understanding Cultural Competency in Experiential Environmental Education Programs

This report contains results from the assessments, recommendations for the environmental education field and a section on cultural competency metrics.

December 08, 2010 | Category: Climate