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

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Year

Program

Strategy

Research for Action, Inc.

To pursue research into school district systems of support for developing teacher effectiveness

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $550,000
Term: 26 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

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Leading Now

To provide core support to Leading Now

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $650,000
Term: 12 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
Fiscal Sponsor: New Venture Fund

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Gardner Public Schools

To continue strengthening school leadership work across the North Central School Leadership Pipeline

Award Date: 12/02/2024
Amount: $925,000
Term: 36 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

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Educators for Excellence, Inc.

To provide core support for Educators for Excellence, Connecticut Chapter

Award Date: 12/02/2024
Amount: $500,000
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

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Brown University of Providence State of RI and Prov Plantations

For the Annenberg Institute to prepare and launch research exploring the developmental arcs of highly effective educators

Award Date: 12/02/2024
Amount: $440,000
Term: 15 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

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Teach for America, Inc.

To provide core support for Teach for America’s Connecticut region

Award Date: 10/25/2024
Amount: $150,000
Term: 12 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

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BPE, Inc.

To support continued implementation of the Elevating Educators Coalition

Award Date: 10/25/2024
Amount: $250,000
Term: 12 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

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Great Schools Partnership, Inc.

To continue support for the Diversifying the Educator Workforce in New England initiative

Award Date: 09/30/2024
Amount: $400,000
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

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Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents

To continue support for the implementation of M.A.S.S.’s Strategy for advancing Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, including the New Superintendents’ Induction Program

Award Date: 09/03/2024
Amount: $475,000
Term: 12 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
Fiscal Sponsor: Massachusetts School Administrators Association, Inc.

Holyoke Public Schools

To continue strengthening school leadership work

Award Date: 07/29/2024
Amount: $500,000
Term: 36 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

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Springpoint

To support Springpoint in the implementation of the second cohort of the Transformative Leaders of Massachusetts fellowship and pilot extended programming experiences for the first cohort

Award Date: 06/11/2024
Amount: $3,300,000
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
Fiscal Sponsor: National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc.

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The Teacher Collaborative, Inc.

For the Alternative High School Pathways Innovation Co-Lab

Award Date: 05/29/2024
Amount: $100,000
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 , Invest In Educators Click to see more of the Invest In Educators strategy

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Grants Database

A breakdown of Barr's charitable support in 2024

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Research for Action, Inc.

Leading Now

Gardner Public Schools

Educators for Excellence, Inc.

Brown University of Providence State of RI and Prov Plantations

Teach for America, Inc.

BPE, Inc.

Great Schools Partnership, Inc.

Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents

Holyoke Public Schools

Springpoint

The Teacher Collaborative, Inc.

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