The Trust for Public Land
To pilot the Climate-Smart Cities program in Boston and, later, the metro area, incorporating Boston-specific data into its modeling and online mapping tools to help inform future climate-preparedness planning.
- Award Date: 6/23/2015
- Amount: $500,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Climate
Vote Solar
To bring solar energy to scale by removing barriers to market participation in New England, with a focus on Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont.
- Award Date: 6/23/2015
- Amount: $200,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Climate
West End House, Inc.
To provide capacity-building support in the form of multi-year operating support, training, and technical assistance through the Barr-Klarman Arts Capacity Building Initiative Youth Arts Mastery Cohort.
- Award Date: 6/23/2015
- Amount: $85,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity
ZUMIX, Inc.
To provide capacity-building support in the form of multi-year operating support, training, and technical assistance through the Barr-Klarman Arts Capacity Building Initiative Youth Arts Mastery Cohort.
- Award Date: 6/23/2015
- Amount: $100,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity
A Better City Initiative, Inc.
To develop a mobile-source emissions calculator to generate data that will lead to a greater understanding about average fuel efficiencies and their related greenhouse gas emissions and that will serve as a performance indicator for Go Boston 2030.
- Award Date: 5/27/2015
- Amount: $20,000
- Term: 12 months
- Program: Climate
A Better City Initiative, Inc.
To support the 2015 Norman B. Leventhal Excellence in City Building Awards.
- Award Date: 5/27/2015
- Amount: $5,000
- Term: 12 months
- Program: Memberships & Sponsorships
A Better City Initiative, Inc.
To create a public-realm plan to enhance public spaces that encourages greater use of public transit, biking, and walking throughout the City of Boston.
- Award Date: 5/27/2015
- Amount: $250,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Climate
Associated Grant Makers, Inc.
Barr Foundation membership dues for Boston Education Funders
- Award Date: 5/27/2015
- Amount: $2,500
- Term: 12 months
- Program: Memberships & Sponsorships
Boston Educational Development Foundation, Inc.
To support incoming Boston Public Schools superintendent Dr. Tommy Chang and a transition team in a listen-and-learn tour and in creating a 100-day-plan for the start of Dr. Chang's tenure.
- Award Date: 5/27/2015
- Amount: $100,000
- Term: 12 months
- Program: Education
Communication Network
To support The Communications Network's 2015 Annual Conference.
- Award Date: 5/27/2015
- Amount: $5,000
- Term: 12 months
- Program: Memberships & Sponsorships