EdVestors, Inc.
To support phase III of the Boston Public School Arts Expansion Fund, continuing efforts to expand high-quality, weekly arts instruction to 100% of students up through grade 8 and developing strategies to meet the needs of high school students.
- Award Date: 6/23/2015
- Amount: $1,100,000
- Term: 36 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.
To support the Alliance to Curb Climate Change, a partnership with The Nature Conservancy, with the goal of promoting bipartisan leadership on climate and energy policy in ten states, and to support Climate Corps Boston.
- Award Date: 6/23/2015
- Amount: $650,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Climate
Environmental Grantmakers Association
Barr Foundation member support
- Award Date: 6/23/2015
- Amount: $7,500
- Term: 12 months
- Program: Memberships & Sponsorships
Freedom House, Inc.
To provide core operating and capacity-building support.
- Award Date: 6/23/2015
- Amount: $100,000
- Term: 12 months
- Program: Education
From the Top, Inc.
To provide capacity-building support in the form of multi-year operating support, training, and technical assistance through the Barr-Klarman Arts Capacity Building Initiative Youth Arts Mastery Cohort.
- Award Date: 6/23/2015
- Amount: $75,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity
GuideStar USA, Inc.
To implement a new strategic plan, GuideStar 2020, an effort to build the information infrastructure for social change.
- Award Date: 6/23/2015
- Amount: $300,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Sector Effectiveness
Hyde Square Task Force, Inc.
To provide capacity-building support in the form of multi-year operating support, training, and technical assistance through the Barr-Klarman Arts Capacity Building Initiative Youth Arts Mastery Cohort.
- Award Date: 6/23/2015
- Amount: $100,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity
Innovation Network for Communities
To support phase one of Climate Ready Boston, with the goal of developing a long-term strategy for the Boston metro area to prepare for the effects of climate change.
- Award Date: 6/23/2015
- Amount: $460,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Climate
KOMAZA
To build and solidify capacity for information technology, monitoring, and evaluation, and for forest research and development.
- Award Date: 6/23/2015
- Amount: $200,000
- Term: 18 months
- Program: Global
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, Inc.
To produce research about the state budget, including assessments about the adequacy of funding for education, transportation, and the arts, and to engage in outreach and communications related to that research.
- Award Date: 6/23/2015
- Amount: $375,000
- Term: 36 months
- Program: Sector Effectiveness