Information sessions set for new $50000 New Bedford grant opportunity
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts
Art is Everywhere! an arts-based economic impact grant is due Feb. 21. The Art is Everywhere grant program is a new opportunity with the intention...more

In Worcester, state economic development leaders push Collaborative Workspace Program
Foundation: Barr Foundation
The Collaborative Workspace Program represents an important tool for our Administration to foster innovation and drive job growth in...more

Nonprofit grants for journalism are on the rise. So are potential conflicts of interest.
Foundation: Barr Foundation
Nonprofit grants for journalism are on the rise. So are ... are getting hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants from the Boston-based Barr...more

WBUR To Expand Arts & Culture Reporting With $1M Grant From The Barr Foundation
Foundation: Barr Foundation
WBUR, Boston's NPR news station, is pleased to announce its arts and ... The Barr Foundation's mission is to invest in human, natural, and...more

Business Briefs: Pillow Lab artist residencies; BTCF receives investment; new head of Darrow ...
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
BTCF began by conducting community-based research into barriers to arts ... However, nearly 80% of respondents reported a desire for the arts or creative expression to play a larger role in their...more

City Matters: West High redesigns itself
Foundation: Barr Foundation
Two years ago, the Barr Foundation — a Boston-based foundation that encourages educational innovation — wrote a check for $300,000 just to...more

$1 million more directed to boost local arts and culture
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Essex County Community Foundation, Greater Worcester Community Foundation
$1 million more directed to boost local arts and culture .... Over two years, Creative Commonwealth grants have focused on funding public art ... and when thoughtful and innovative, can bring...more

Essex County Community Foundation announces investment details
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
Essex County Community Foundation announced the details of a new $1.3 million investment in arts, culture and the creative ecosystem in...more

Peabody's children's museum push steals show at arts summit
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
The arts and culture summit at The Cabot celebrated the end of the first phase of the Essex County Community Foundation's Creative County...more

ECCF to announce $1.3M in grants to bolster region's arts and culture
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
... culture scene on the North Shore and injecting $1 million this time into a Creative County Initiative with The Essex County Community...more