Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation

Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation

"Since its inception in 1989, the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation has dedicated more than $32 million in grants to improve the social fabric of life.


 * "The Foundation seeks innovative solutions to intractable and persistent problems and strives to cultivate emerging talents and promising models. Founders Bernard and Audre Rapoport are actively involved in the Foundation's operations, which have touched many lives in the area of education, arts and culture, health and human service, and civic participation."

Select organisations that received grants in 2005

 * Alliance for Justice
 * Media Matters for America
 * Texas Civil Rights Project
 * Wellstone Action
 * Planned Parenthood of Waco
 * Caritas of Waco
 * Jerusalem Foundation

Trustees

 * Bernard Rapoport - Chairman Emeritus and Founder, American Income Life Insurance Company
 * Audre Rapoport
 * Ronald B. Rapoport - John Marshall Professor of Government, College of William and Mary
 * Patricia Rapoport
 * Emily Rapoport
 * Larry D. Jaynes - President, Fashion Glass & Mirror, LTD
 * Lyndon L. Olson, Jr. - Senior Advisor, Citigroup
 * William A. Nesbitt - Chairman and CEO, Central National Bank
 * James Chesney - Director, Office of Public Policy Initiatives, Henry Ford Health System
 * Joel Schwartz - Director, Roy Charles Center, College of William and Mary
 * Richard M. Battistoni - Professor of Political Science, Providence College

Executive staff

 * Maggie McCarthy - Executive Director
 * Carole Jones - Foundation Coordinator

Contact

 * Web: http://www.rapoportfdn.org