Rappaport
The Phyllis & Jerome Lyle Rappaport Foundation partners with Boston’s leading institutions to promote and nurture emerging leaders in the fields of public policy, neurodegenerative disease, mental health and the arts.
Together, the Foundation improves the quality of life in Boston and beyond while mobilizing new generations of collaborative leaders who inspire, innovate and influence.
Meet the Fellows and get inspired by their stories.
TOTAL
1,485
FELLOWS
TOTAL
1,384
FELLOWS
PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWS
MEDICAL RESEARCH FELLOWS
ART PRIZE WINNERS
PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWS
MEDICAL RESEARCH FELLOWS
ART PRIZE WINNERS
PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWS
MEDICAL RESEARCH FELLOWS
ART PRIZE WINNERS
56%
continue to work
in pulic policy*
*From the 2020 Rappaport Institute on the Impact of the Rappaport Public Policy Fellowship on Career Trajectories
The unrestricted, flexible funding you provide through the MGH Research Scholars program allows scientists to take new discoveries as far as they can, as fast as they can, toward new possibilities in prediction, prevention, diagnosis and treatment.”
Susan A. Slaugenhaupt, phd scientific director mass general research institute
56%
continue to work
in pulic policy*
*From the 2020 Rappaport Institute on the Impact of the Rappaport Public Policy Fellowship on Career Trajectories
The unrestricted, flexible funding you provide through the MGH Research Scholars program allows scientists to take new discoveries as far as they can, as fast as they can, toward new possibilities in prediction, prevention, diagnosis and treatment.”
Susan A. Slaugenhaupt, phd scientific director mass general research institute
2022 Rappaport Institute Fellow & Director of LGBTQ Policy & Strategic Initiatives for the City of Boston Kimberly Rhoten advocates for Boston’s LGBTQ community.
2023 MGH Rappaport Research Fellow Dr. Rebecca Gillani is Researching Therapies to Restore Neurologic Function in People with MS.
2022 Rappaport Institute Fellow & Director of LGBTQ Policy & Strategic Initiatives for the City of Boston Kimberly Rhoten advocates for Boston’s LGBTQ community.
2023 MGH Rappaport Research Fellow Dr. Rebecca Gillani is Researching Therapies to Restore Neurologic Function in People with MS.
1927-2021
Jerry Rappaport’s life was one of tireless activism that continues to live on through the Rappaport Foundation. Since founding the Harvard Law School Forum at 19, Jerry Rappaport’s impact as a political activist, attorney, real estate developer and one of Boston’s most influential philanthropists spanned nine decades. Learn More
The Rappaport Foundation’s Public Policy Fellowship is an experience-based program for academically gifted students interested in pursuing careers in the public sector.
The Rappaport Foundation funds clinical and research scholarships, enabling young scientists to conduct and pursue novel experiments.
The Foundation supports emerging artists and composers through the Rappaport Art Prize and the Rappaport Prize for Music Composition.
The Foundation invests in transformative educational opportunities as well as the teachers and academics inspiring the next generation of leaders.
The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy Fellows are passionate, dedicated to public service and committed to bettering communities.”
Vincent Rougeau FORMER Dean, Boston College Law School
If it wasn’t for the Rappaports, I’m certain I never would have attended the Kennedy School, I utter Jerome Rappaport’s name every time I get the chance.”
Peter Koutoujian Middlesex County Sheriff
The Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum will help train the next generation of lawyers to be skillful in understanding all perspectives.”
John F. Manning Dean, Harvard Law School
The Rappaport Foundation’s philanthropic investment in research at Massachusetts General Hospital has been nothing short of extraordinary.”
Marcela del Carmen, MD, MPH President, Massachusetts General Hospital
The future of healthcare will be brighter and more cost effective because of the Rappaports.”
Joel Katz, MD Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
The Rappaport Fellowship arms young scientists with the confidence and results to apply to government and private organizations for financial support.”
Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD Chief Scientific Officer, McLean Hospital
The Rappaport Prize offers artists to think without limitation in a really creative way.”
Sarah Montross Chief Curator, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
