Hear from staff and partners about aspirations, accomplishments, and lessons learned along the way.
Little Cities that Could (and Did) Show Leadership on Climate
Learn about a Barr grantee that has been creating its own climate playbook.
Making Room for Artistic Risk-Taking and Innovation
How can arts organizations innovate while managing risk? Barr's senior program officer for Arts & Culture, San San Wong, reflects on an "electrifying panel" held earlier this fall at MIT's Media Lab—part of our Barr-Klarman Arts Capacity Building Initiative.
New Webinar Offers 101 on Political Advocacy for Nonprofits
While the tax codes make it clear nonprofits can’t endorse or oppose specific candidates for office, or specific legislation, it turns out there is quite a lot they can and should do to advance their issues.
Why Not Go for Gold in Boston?
Over the last year, Barr has sponsored a study group of Boston transportation, development, and community leaders to explore whether Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) could be viable here.
From the President – Fall 2014
For us at the Barr Foundation, this past summer has provided an opportunity to give greater definition to the values that guide Barr’s philanthropy.
Strategic Communications at Barr
Exploring how Barr can more fully leverage communications to advance its mission.
Barr’s Rahn Dorsey Appointed Boston’s First Chief of Education
Our colleague Rahn Dorsey has been appointed by Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh to his cabinet as the City’s first chief of education.
A New Approach to Scaling High-Quality Pre-Kindergarten
Building on its highly successful pre-kindergarten program, Boston Public Schools (BPS) has teamed up with community-based early care and education centers providing preschool programs to share what has worked well and to test a new way to expand access to high-quality early education.
Empty seats? Don't (just) look to your marketing department.
At a recent gathering of Boston arts leaders, researcher Alan Brown challenged participants to consider a new way to understand and make progress on a persistent challenge: how to build demand and diversify audiences for the arts.