Completed Grantmaking

An archive of grantmaking that we have concluded. Read about our intentions, approaches, lessons learned, grantee stories, and impacts.

In Cambridge, Massachusetts, a person walks along a sidewalk, blurred in motion. Behind him, a fenced in parking lot has been covered with large-scale graphic art of Black Bostonians. Large standing flags along the route read "Learning" and "Starlight."

City of Cambridge Shared Streets Project

A woman wearing a face mask and gloves hands a paper bag full of food to a man wearing a face mask. They stand at a side exit of a school.

COVID-19

2020-2023

The reality that some communities suffered far more than others guided Barr’s response to the pandemic.

COVID-19
A teacher works with a young student on a handwriting assignment. The teacher leans in close with an eraser to help the student write a sentence about winter weather.

Early Education

1999-2020

Barr supported a set of partners advancing developmentally appropriate early learning and school readiness.

Early Education
Outreach workers from the One Acre Fund assist community members with paperwork. Many in the assembled group wear brightly colored kaftan cloth, and line up near stacks of large bags of rice.

Global

2010-2015

Improving livelihoods, health, and the environment for rural poor.

Global