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Proteus Fund, Inc.

To expand the Diversity Fellowship Program.

  • Award Date: 6/4/2014
  • Amount: $70,000
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Sector Effectiveness

Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy

To develop policy briefs on key strategies to improve outcomes for students in the Boston Public Schools.

  • Award Date: 6/4/2014
  • Amount: $60,000
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Education

Technical Development Corporation

To provide oversight for the City of Boston's cultural planning process, Boston Creates, and to support the City in managing the planning.

  • Award Date: 6/4/2014
  • Amount: $250,000
  • Term: 24 months
  • Program: Arts & Creativity

United Nations Foundation

To support the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves in coordinating, supporting, and disseminating the results of clean cooking and child survival research.

  • Award Date: 6/4/2014
  • Amount: $220,000
  • Term: 24 months
  • Program: Global

United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley

To support Thrive in 5's implementation and evaluation of its Ready Educators Quality Improvement pilot, in partnership with United Way and the City of Boston.

  • Award Date: 6/4/2014
  • Amount: $500,000
  • Term: 18 months
  • Program: Education

VillageReach

To provide scholarship support for the Global Health Symposium on Health Systems Research Conference in September 2014.

  • Award Date: 6/4/2014
  • Amount: $2,500
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Global

International Development Exchange

To offer scholarships to the 2014 Opportunity Collaboration conference in Ixtapa, Mexico.

  • Award Date: 5/7/2014
  • Amount: $5,000
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Global

Boston Educational Development Foundation, Inc.

To support the search for a new superintendent for the Boston Public Schools.

  • Award Date: 5/3/2014
  • Amount: $50,000
  • Term: 6 months
  • Program: Education

Boston Redevelopment Authority

To facilitate a planning process by Seaport District stakeholders to identify pathways towards low-carbon district energy.

  • Award Date: 4/30/2014
  • Amount: $13,900
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Climate

Abekam, Inc.

Barr Foundation member support for New England Blacks in Philanthropy

  • Award Date: 4/10/2014
  • Amount: $1,500
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Memberships & Sponsorships