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

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

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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

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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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Seek Common Ground

To provide support for Seek Common Ground’s Project for Adolescent Literacy

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $100,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Build Public Will Click to see more of the Build Public Will strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: New Venture Fund

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MetroWest Nonprofit Network, Inc.

To provide general support

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $50,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Sector Infrastructure Click to see more of the Sector Infrastructure strategy

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Resource Organizing Project

To support their cohort-based fundraising training programs in Massachusetts

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $150,000
Term: 24 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Sector Infrastructure Click to see more of the Sector Infrastructure strategy
Fiscal Sponsor: Resist, Inc.

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Friends of St. Stephens Youth Programs Inc.

To support efforts to improve support for multilingual learners in Boston Public Schools

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $100,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Education Click to see more of the Education program
Strategy:
Build Public Will Click to see more of the Build Public Will strategy

Nonprofit Finance Fund

To support a planning grant to explore a regional Full Cost Framework Initiative cohort

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $68,000
Term: 9 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Sector Infrastructure Click to see more of the Sector Infrastructure strategy

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Social Innovation Forum, Inc.

To support a planning grant to explore a regional Full Cost Framework Initiative cohort

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $40,000
Term: 9 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Sector Infrastructure Click to see more of the Sector Infrastructure strategy

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Behavioral Ideas Lab, Inc.

To conduct research to identify key behavioral barriers nonprofits and their leaders face in capacity-building programs, and design and test solutions to address these challenges.

Award Date: 04/01/2025
Amount: $95,000
Term: 12 months
Program:
Sector Effectiveness Click to see more of the Sector Effectiveness program
Strategy:
Sector Infrastructure Click to see more of the Sector Infrastructure strategy

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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

Grants Database

A breakdown of Barr's charitable support in 2024

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Center for Ecological Technology, Inc.

350VERMONT, Inc.

Research for Action, Inc.

Leading Now

Seek Common Ground

MetroWest Nonprofit Network, Inc.

Resource Organizing Project

Friends of St. Stephens Youth Programs Inc.

Nonprofit Finance Fund

Social Innovation Forum, Inc.

Behavioral Ideas Lab, Inc.

Berkshire Environmental Action Team

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