Emergency Response
Barr has awarded overÂ
$19.7 million in COVID-19 grants as of April 2021.
COVID-19
The reality that some communities suffered far more than others guided Barr’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 laid bare the inequities in our modern world. Everyone has been impacted by the virus and its implications. The reality that some communities suffered far more than others guided Barr’s response to the pandemic.
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Our first grantmaking in response to COVID-19 focused on urgent needs in communities in Massachusetts, especially immigrant and Black communities that were disproportionately impacted. We invested in organizations closest to those communities and most in touch with their needs.Â
Since April 2020, our emergency-response grantmaking has included:
- $2.6 million in grants to community foundations and pooled funds that had been established in response to the pandemic.
- $2 million to immigrant-serving organizations.
- $1.36 million to organizations serving Black communities.
- $2.675 million in augmented and extended support to 31 organizations principally focused on supporting immigrant and Black communities in response to the pandemic.
- Over $2 million for vaccine equity efforts.
In addition to emergency grantmaking conducted in response to the pandemic, Barr remained committed to our existing partners within the core programs of Arts & Creativity, Climate, and Education.Â
The bulk of our resources continue to focus on the needs of those partners–extending the flexibility and supports we committed to provide, even as the Foundation shifted to all-remote operations in March 2020.
Worcester Cultural Coalition
Grant to supplement grant #6711 to support priority features for the Black Box Theater
Award Date
05/29/2019
Amount
$300,000.00
Program(s)
- Arts & Creativity
Strategies
- Spanning Sectors
Boston Foundation, Inc.
to support a collaborative effort providing short-term relief grants ($25,000 over 12 months), technical assistance and convening to 15-16 organizations based in Boston
Award Date
11/30/2020
Amount
$75,000.00
Program(s)
- Arts & Creativity
Strategies
- Adapting Boldly
Boston Planning and Development Agency
To conduct the visioning and feasibility phase of a waterfront planning process as part of Imagine Boston 2030
Award Date
04/27/2016
Amount
$210,000.00
Program(s)
- Special Initiatives
Strategies
- Waterfront Initiative
EDUCAUSE
To support the planning and implementation of Mass Learning Excursions
Award Date
03/22/2018
Amount
$298,488.48
Program(s)
- Education
Strategies
- Catalyze New Models
Teatro Chelsea
To support Teatro Chelsea to network and go on site visits to other Powering Culture Futures organizations in summer and fall 2023
Fiscal Sponsor
Teatro Chelsea
Award Date
06/30/2023
Amount
$500.00
Term
5 mo.
Program(s)
- Arts & Creativity
Strategies
- Adapting Boldly
Salem Public Schools
To support student, family, and staff engagement to redesign the high school experience
Award Date
08/31/2020
Amount
$100,000.00
Program(s)
- Education
Strategies
- Catalyze New Models
Social Work and Research Center
To provide capacity-building support in the form of continuing to train women as solar engineers, enhance its measurement and evaluation capabilities, and strengthen its network of affiliates.
Award Date
09/16/2015
Amount
$110,000.00
Program(s)
- Former Global Program
New Buildings Institute
To support stakeholder engagement and research on integrating extreme heat mitigation into building codes
Award Date
11/29/2022
Amount
$80,000.00
Program(s)
- Climate
Strategies
- Clean Energy
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.
To expand programs that engage local year-round residents, organizations and businesses, and to plan and implement dance field convenings in 2017 and 2018.
Award Date
10/24/2016
Amount
$100,000.00
Program(s)
- Arts & Creativity
Strategies
- Adapting Boldly