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Barr Foundation: all 2,520 grants

Largest first · $338.6M across 2022–2024 · back to the overview

• $3.4M

  (298) United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  Climate: to accelerate the transition to clean energy in the northeast

• $3.3M

  (855) United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  To accelerate the transition to clean energy in the northeast

• $3.3M

  (245) United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  Climate: to accelerate the transition to clean energy in the northeast

• $2.9M

  (219) Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Springfield, MA · 2024

  To support the valley creates initiative

• $1.8M

  (42) Massachusetts Development Finance Agency · Boston, MA · 2022

  Arts & creativity: to support art-based strategies and investments in transformative development initiative (tdi) districts

• $1.6M

  (430) Tntp · New York, NY · 2023

  Education: to support the implementation plans for local education agencies engaged in the driving towards diversity cohort

• $1.6M

  (552) National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2024

  To continue to lead the technical assistance for the schools in the beyond ene (engage new england) cohort

• $1.5M

  (87) New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

  Arts & creativity: to support culture and creativity powering community change, an initiative of a funder collaborative of barr, kresge, and william penn foundations

• $1.5M

  (328) National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2022

  Education: to continue to lead the technical assistance for the schools in the engage new england cohort

• $1.5M

  (373) Tntp · New York, NY · 2022

  Education: to support the implementation planning phase for grantees in the driving towards diversity cohort

• $1.5M

  (58) New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

  Arts & creativity: to support culture and creativity powering community change, an initiative of a funder collaborative of barr, kresge, and william penn foundations

• $1.3M

  (179) Institute for Transportation and Development Policy · New York, NY · 2022

  Climate: to support implementation of bus rapid transit in greater boston

• $1.2M

  (126) Boston Ujima Project · Boston, MA · 2024

  To provide core support

• $1.2M

  (56) New England Foundation for the Arts · Boston, MA · 2022

  Arts & creativity: to support the new england foundation for the arts to recenter its public art program around concepts of spatial justice

• $1.2M

  (551) National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2024

  To build organizational capacity to scale school observation visits and to provide capacity-building support for barr grantee school leaders

• $1.1M

  (239) Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024

  To provide core support for the transportation for massachusetts coalition

• $1.1M

  (735) Sri International · Menlo Park, CA · 2024

  To continue the developmental evaluation and conduct an efficacy study of the beyond engage new england initiative

• $1.1M

  (383) National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2023

  Education: to build organizational capacity to scale school observation visits and to provide capacity-building support for barr grantee school leaders

• $1.1M

  (329) National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2022

  Education: to support springpoint in the implementation of one cohort of a teacher to leader fellowship

• $1.1M

  (384) National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2023

  Education: to support the planning and piloting of transformative learning experiences to prepare to scale

• $1.0M

  (238) Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024

  To provide core support for the transportation for massachusetts coalition

• $1.0M

  (263) Double Edge Theatre Productions · Ashfield, MA · 2024

  To participate in barr's cultural evolution grants program

• $1.0M

  (490) Massachusetts Development Finance Agency · Boston, MA · 2024

  To support real estate and capital investments in transformative development initiative districts

• $1.0M

  (896) World Music · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  To participate in barr's cultural evolution grants program

• $1.0M

  (137) Zeiterion Theatre · New Bedford, MA · 2023

  Arts & creativity: to support the renovation of the zeiterion theatre

• $1.0M

  (191) Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

  Climate: to provide core support for the transportation for massachusetts coalition

• $1.0M

  (235) Metropolitan Area Planning Council · Boston, MA · 2023

  Climate: to support mobility, clean energy, and climate resiliency planning

• $1.0M

  (62) Jacob'S Pillow Dance Festival · Becket, MA · 2023

  Arts & creativity: to support construction of a new dance theater

• $1.0M

  (67) Massachusetts Development Finance Agency · Boston, MA · 2023

  Arts & creativity: to support real estate and capital investments in transformative development initiative districts

• $1.0M

  (723) Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2023

  Racial wealth equity: to provide project support for the tsne shared services launch

• $1.0M

  (78) National Arts Strategies · Alexandria, VA · 2023

  Arts & creativity: to support the creative community fellows: new england and design of a new leadership program

• $1.0M

  (192) Metropolitan Area Planning Council · Boston, MA · 2022

  Climate: to support mobility, clean energy, and climate resiliency planning

• $1.0M

  (40) Jacob'S Pillow Dance Festival · Becket, MA · 2022

  Arts & creativity: to support construction of a new dance theater

• $1.0M

  (51) National Arts Strategies · Alexandria, VA · 2022

  Arts & creativity: to support the creative community fellows: new england and design of a new leadership program

• $1.0M

  (57) New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

  Arts & creativity: to support culture and creativity powering community change, an initiative of a funder collaborative of barr, kresge, and william penn foundations

• $900,000

  (145) Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

  Climate: to provide general operating support

• $850,000

  (187) Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

  Climate: to provide general operating support

• $850,000

  (49) Metropolitan Area Planning Council · Boston, MA · 2022

  Arts & creativity: to deepen the work of its arts & culture department and to strategically raise the priority and integration of arts and the department internally across sectors

• $805,000

  (489) Massachusetts Development Finance Agency · Boston, MA · 2024

  To support intensive arts-based economic development programming in transformative development initiative districts

• $800,000

  (236) Metropolitan Area Planning Council · Boston, MA · 2023

  Climate: to support a climate resilience mini-grant program

• $800,000

  (386) National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2023

  Education: to support the planning and launch programming of the second cohort of transformative leaders of massachusetts

• $800,000

  (143) Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

  Climate: to provide program support for the transportation for massachusetts coalition

• $800,000

  (725) Ebcdc · Boston, MA · 2022

  Special initiatives: to support ebcdc's participation in projects that act as a source of stable housing in east boston

• $785,000

  (708) Boston Harbor Now · Boston, MA · 2022

  Special initiatives: to provide core support for the coalition for a resilient and inclusive waterfront

• $750,000

  (245) Creative Hub Worcester · Worcester, MA · 2024

  To support the first phase of construction of the creative hub worcester community arts center

• $750,000

  (482) Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center · Boston, MA · 2024

  To provide continued support for the delivering on equity collective

• $750,000

  (576) New England Foundation for the Arts · Boston, MA · 2024

  To further instill a spatial justice lens in the public art programs

• $750,000

  (853) United States Artists · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To support the 2025 fellowship program and continue trestle and policy research, discovery, and planning efforts in new england

• $750,000

  (72) Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation · North Adams, MA · 2023

  Arts & creativity: to support the first phase of long-term planning, community development, and sustainability initiatives

• $750,000

  (743) Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center · Boston, MA · 2023

  Sector effectiveness: to provide continued support for the delivering on equity collective

• $750,000

  (77) Metropolitan Area Planning Council · Boston, MA · 2023

  Arts & creativity: to deepen the work of its arts & culture department and to strategically integrate the arts across the agency

• $750,000

  (834) Mystic River Watershed Association · Arlington, MA · 2023

  Waterfront: to support the next phase of the little mystic annex parcel harborwalk and creation of a publicly accessible dock

• $750,000

  (85) New England Foundation for the Arts · Boston, MA · 2023

  Arts & creativity: to further instill a spatial justice lens in the public art programs

• $750,000

  (706) Boston Globe Media Partners Llc · Boston, MA · 2022

  Special initiatives: to support the boston globe's racial wealth equity coverage

• $750,000

  (748) Mystic River Watershed Association · Arlington, MA · 2022

  Special initiatives: to support the final phase of the little mystic annex parcel harborwalk and charlestown sprouts community garden project

• $750,000

  (770) Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2022

  Special initiatives: to support the trustees of reservations' one waterfront initiative to develop signature, equitable, and climate-resilient parks on the boston waterfront

• $720,000

  (332) National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2022

  Education: to build organizational capacity to scale school observation visits and to provide capacity-building support for barr grantee school leaders

• $705,000

  (240) Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024

  To support advocacy and communications efforts to achieve an accessible, equitable, and climate-resilient boston waterfront

• $700,000

  (695) Black Economic Council of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022

  Special initiatives: to provide general operating support

• $675,000

  (831) Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

  Waterfront: to support advocacy and communications efforts to achieve an accessible, equitable, and climate-resilient boston waterfront

• $675,000

  (723) Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

  Special initiatives: to support advocacy and communications efforts to achieve an accessible, equitable, and climate-resilient boston waterfront

• $650,000

  (415) Institute for Nonprofit Practice · Boston, MA · 2024

  To provide core operating support during multi-year growth

• $650,000

  (575) New England Foundation for the Arts · Boston, MA · 2024

  To support strategic planning and early implementation

• $650,000

  (587) New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  To provide core support to leading now to provide programming to superintendents in new england

• $640,000

  (333) National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2022

  Education: to support the planning and piloting of transformative learning experiences to prepare to scale

• $625,000

  (197) Mystic River Watershed Association · Arlington, MA · 2022

  Climate: to jointly manage an extreme heat task force to implement covid-safe cooling strategies in the most covid impacted communities of greater boston

• $610,000

  (375) Transcend · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2022

  Education: to conduct and coordinate continued research on the impact of covid-19 on new england public high schools

• $600,000

  (357) Greater Worcester Community Foundation · Worcester, MA · 2024

  To support the creative worcester initiative

• $600,000

  (414) Institute for Nonprofit Practice · Boston, MA · 2024

  To provide core operating support during multi-year growth

• $600,000

  (763) the Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2024

  To provide core support for the organization's massachusetts work

• $600,000

  (124) Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2023

  Arts & creativity: to support core operations and implementation of strategic growth plan for design studio for social intervention

• $600,000

  (147) Alternatives for Community and Environment · Roxbury, MA · 2023

  Climate: to provide general operating support

• $600,000

  (701) Center for Economic Democracy · Boston, MA · 2023

  Racial wealth equity: to provide core support for its boston ujima project program

• $600,000

  (88) Newvue Communities · Fitchburg, MA · 2023

  Arts & creativity: to support development of the fitchburg arts community, an artist-preference affordable housing complex

• $600,000

  (108) Alternatives for Community and Environment · Roxbury, MA · 2022

  Climate: to provide general operating support

• $600,000

  (289) Faithacts for Education · Fairfield, CT · 2022

  Education: to provide general operating support

• $580,000

  (328) Friends of the Lynn Historical Society · Lynn, MA · 2024

  To support the lynnarts infrastructure and renovation project

• $580,000

  (157) Boston Harbor Now · Boston, MA · 2023

  Climate: to provide general operating support

• $580,000

  (707) Boston Harbor Now · Boston, MA · 2022

  Special initiatives: to provide general operating support

• $565,000

  (579) New England Grassroots Environment Fund · Newmarket, NH · 2024

  To support a regional federal funding resource hub

• $562,500

  (243) Mystic River Watershed Association · Arlington, MA · 2023

  Climate: to support projects and efforts to develop climate resilience, greenways, and waterfront access

• $550,000

  (740) Institute for Nonprofit Practice · Boston, MA · 2023

  Sector effectiveness: to provide core operating support during multi-year growth

• $550,000

  (236) Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2022

  Climate: to support core operations and implementation of strategic growth plan for design studio for social intervention

• $540,000

  (828) Boston Harbor Now · Boston, MA · 2023

  Waterfront: to provide core support for the coalition for a resilient and inclusive waterfront

• $522,000

  (693) Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2022

  Special initiatives: to provide general operating support

• $510,000

  (137) Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2022

  Climate: to support community-based leaders in new england to advance equity-centered climate solutions

• $500,000

  (177) City of Boston · Boston, MA · 2024

  To support the cultural access program ("museum sundays"): 60% to innovation fund and 40% to unrestricted project expenses

• $500,000

  (410) Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion · Boston, MA · 2024

  To support the campaign and construction of la casa: the center for arts, self-determination, and activism

• $500,000

  (496) Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation · North Adams, MA · 2024

  To support the first phase of long-term planning, community development, and sustainability initiatives

• $500,000

  (499) Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation · North Adams, MA · 2024

  To support the second phase of its community development and sustainability initiatives strategy

• $500,000

  (522) Metropolitan Area Planning Council · Boston, MA · 2024

  To support mobility, clean energy, and climate resiliency planning

• $500,000

  (544) National Arts Strategies · Alexandria, VA · 2024

  To support the implementation phase of the project pilot

• $500,000

  (567) Nectar Community Investments · Lawrence, MA · 2024

  To support community and economic development programming

• $500,000

  (669) Prx · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  To support strategic planning

• $500,000

  (721) Smart Growth America · Washington, DC · 2024

  To inform federal transportation policy and educate and engage massachusetts stakeholders

• $500,000

  (757) the Center for Cultural Innovation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To support ambitious and research 2 impact

• $500,000

  (854) United States Artists · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To support the 2024 fellowship program and trestle research, discovery, and planning efforts in new england

• $500,000

  (134) World Music · Cambridge, MA · 2023

  Arts & creativity: to support 585 arts, a new cultural facility

• $500,000

  (281) Smart Growth America · Washington, DC · 2023

  Climate: to inform federal transportation policy and educate and engage massachusetts stakeholders

• $500,000

  (690) Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2023

  Racial wealth equity: to provide a one-time general operating support during an inflection point for organization