Barr Foundation

Barr's grantmaking focuses on three Program Areas: Arts & Creativity, Climate, and Education, complemented by grantmaking to strengthen New England’s social sector, and targeted, time-limited special initiatives.
Learn about different ways organizations receive funding from Barr, current and recent grants and grantee partners, and completed grantmaking.
The mission and values that guide all we do, how we approach philanthropy, our team, our home on the harbor in Boston's North End, and our financials.
Ideas, updates, lessons learned, stories and resources from Barr staff and partners.

Barr's grantmaking focuses on three Program Areas: Arts & Creativity, Climate, and Education, complemented by grantmaking to strengthen New England’s social sector, and targeted, time-limited special initiatives.
Learn about different ways organizations receive funding from Barr, current and recent grants and grantee partners, and completed grantmaking.
The mission and values that guide all we do, how we approach philanthropy, our team, our home on the harbor in Boston's North End, and our financials.
Ideas, updates, lessons learned, stories and resources from Barr staff and partners.

Katie Allan Zobel

President and CEO
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

About Katie

Katie Allan Zobel is president and CEO of Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts.

Posts by Katie

Justin makes visual art in Western Massachusetts based on
his worldview as a person of Anishaabe (Ojibwe) and African American heritage.

Sep 28, 2022

The brilliance of individual artists propels social, economic, and physical progress in the places we love.

Arts & Creativity

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