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The impact of Rappaport Fellows’ work can be felt in every facet of government, medicine and the arts.

The Rappaport Foundation actively promotes the growth of leadership and innovative thinking in the areas of public policy, neurologic disease and mental health, and the arts

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The Rappaport Foundation actively promotes the growth of leadership and innovative thinking in the areas of public policy, neurologic disease and mental health, and the arts.

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Public Policy

The Foundation provides gifted students the opportunity to experience the benefits of public service within the highest levels of state and municipal government.

Medical Research

The Foundation funds promising young researchers investigating pioneering treatments.

Contemporary Art & Music

The Foundation rewards the achievement and potential of an artist who has demonstrated significant creativity and vision.

Education & Emerging Leaders

The Foundation invests in ideas and research that foster innovative thinking, create impact and improve lives.

Public Policy

The Foundation provides gifted students the opportunity to experience the benefits of public service within the highest levels of state and municipal government.

Medical Research

The Foundation funds promising young researchers investigating pioneering treatments.

Contemporary Art & Music

The Foundation rewards the achievement and potential of an artist who has demonstrated significant creativity and vision.

Education & Emerging Leaders

The Foundation invests in ideas and research that foster innovative thinking, create impact and improve lives.

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About the Founder

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 has spanned nine decades. His vision for the city culminated with the co-founding of the Rappaport Foundation and its ongoing pursuit of catalyzing new generations of collaborative leaders.

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About the Foundation

The Foundation has a long and proud history of supporting emerging leaders. Civic leaders who improve the lives of their constituents and communities. Medical researchers who have unlocked the mysteries of the brain, mental illness and Alzheimer’s disease. And artists who enrich lives, ignite imaginations, and challenge us to see the world in a new light.

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  1. Featured image, from left to right: Titus Kaphar, Jerry Rappaport, Phyllis Rappaport, Jason Price.