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.

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Year

Program

Strategy

Center for Ecological Technology, Inc.

To support work on inclusive utility investments

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $160,000
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

350VERMONT, Inc.

To support grassroots campaigns on environmental justice and clean energy

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $150,000
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

Berkshire Environmental Action Team

To support clean energy, mobility, and climate resilience in the Berkshires

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $300,000
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 , Climate Resilience Click to see more of the Climate Resilience strategy , Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

Merrimack Valley Planning Commission

To support professional development for municipal transportation professionals in Massachusetts and demonstration projects in Lawrence

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $20,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

Metropolitan Area Planning Council

To support mobility, clean energy, and climate resiliency initiatives

Award Date: 03/12/2025
Amount: $2,200,000
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 , Climate Resilience Click to see more of the Climate Resilience strategy , Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy

United States Energy Foundation

To accelerate the transition to clean energy in the Northeast

Award Date: 03/12/2025
Amount: $3,050,000
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

Action for Equity Inc.

To support transportation organizing and advocacy and CORI work

Award Date: 03/04/2025
Amount: $375,000
Term: 18 months
Program:
Climate Click to see more of the Climate program , Special Initiatives Click to see more of the Special Initiatives program
Strategy:
Mobility Click to see more of the Mobility strategy , Racial Wealth Equity Initiative Click to see more of the Racial Wealth Equity Initiative strategy

Clean Energy Group, Inc.

To support energy storage deployment and fossil peaker plant decommissioning

Award Date: 03/04/2025
Amount: $300,000
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 , Climate Resilience Click to see more of the Climate Resilience strategy

Green Energy Consumers Alliance, Inc.

To accelerate heating electrification, building decarbonization, and clean energy deployment in Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Award Date: 03/04/2025
Amount: $300,000
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

Sierra Club Foundation

To support grassroots efforts to inform equitable clean energy policies in Massachusetts

Award Date: 03/04/2025
Amount: $200,000
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

StreetsblogMASS

To support StreetsblogMASS in providing mobility journalism in Massachusetts

Award Date: 03/04/2025
Amount: $200,000
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.

Emerald Cities Collaborative, Inc.

To provide core support for the Northeast program

Award Date: 02/04/2025
Amount: $300,000
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