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Private foundation (trust)EIN 046579815Est. 1988-06

BARR FOUNDATION

BOSTON, MA 02110

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Total Assets

$2.8B

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$123.2M

FY 2024

Grants Made

903

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$136K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$100–$3.3M

Typical

Deadlines

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Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$2.8M

To provide systems-level strategic support and coaching for seven grantee communities, while also providing training for the meeting the moment cohort.

Program 2

$1.6M

To continue leading school observation visits for barr grantees and offering customized coaching to deepen capacity building supports for school leaders.

Program 3

$1.4M

To provide continued management of learning communities for catalyze new models grantees.

Program 4

$600K

To continue work on the student outcomes tracking project across schools in the catalyze new models portfolio.

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$191.8M

Total Expenses

$191.6M

Qualifying Distributions

$156.7M

Distributable Amount

$131.2M

Min. Investment Return

$133.4M

Undistributed Income

$79.7M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

903 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $100 through median $80K to maximum $3.3M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Top Recipients

500 grants

(855) UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION
$3.3M
1 grant
(219) COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
$2.9M
1 grant
(552) NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION INC
$1.6M
1 grant
(126) BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC
$1.2M
1 grant
(551) NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION INC
$1.2M
1 grant
(239) CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC
$1.1M
1 grant
(735) SRI INTERNATIONAL
$1.1M
1 grant
(896) WORLD MUSIC INC
$1M
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K—
$10–50K
4
grants
$50–250K
363
grants
$250K–1M
126
grants
$1–5M
7
grants
$5M+—

Geographic Focus

19 states

Massachusetts
$82.6M
70% of total
New York
$8.1M
7% of total
California
$7.6M
6% of total
District of Columbia
$4.8M
4% of total
Rhode Island
$2.6M
2% of total
New Hampshire
$2.0M
2% of total
Maine
$1.9M
2% of total
Connecticut
$1.6M
1% of total
Virginia
$1.5M
1% of total
Illinois
$1.5M
1% of total

+9 more states

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