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Scholarships and Student Support Funds

MGH Institute of Health Professions uses scholarship and other student support funds to attract and retain talented students from all background because the school recognizes a strong connection between a culturally diverse health care workforce and the ability to provide quality, culturally competent patient care. Below is a one example of the scholarships and awards we offer.

Learn about our scholarship and student support funds:

Linda C. Andrist Scholarship Fund • Kay Bander Scholarship Program

BA Harris Scholarship Fund • Gregory L. Lof Dissertation Research Fund

Presidential Scholarships • Christopher Norman Educational Fund

To learn more about giving opportunities for scholarships at the Institute,
please email Meagan Sheffield or call (617) 643-7194

Students participating in the interprofessional infant development day

Kay Bander Matching Gift Scholarship Program

When long-time Massachusetts General Hospital employee and volunteer Kay Bander passed away in 2017, she generously left a portion of her estate to MGH Institute of Health Professions. The Institute is honoring Kay’s legacy and investment in the school with the “Kay Bander Scholarship Campaign,” which will match gifts of at least $25,000 made to create, or add to an existing, endowed scholarship in 2018. Donors may name the scholarship, which will be recognized as part of the Kay Bander Scholarship Program, and can fund it with the donation of cash, securities, or appreciated assets over five years.

Learn more about the Kay Bander
Matching Gift Scholarship Program.

Linda C. Andrist Scholarship Fund

Learn more about the Linda C. Andrist
Scholarship Fund.

Linda C. Andrist, PhD, RNC, WHNP-BC, has been a steadfast champion of the Institute's faculty, students, and graduates. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Linda served for many years as the Coordinator of the Women’s Health and dual Adult-Women's Health NP specialty, and went on to become the Director of the Graduate Nursing program, during which she helped launch the Institute’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program.

The IHP is establishing a new scholarship to celebrate Linda and her many contributions to the IHP, the discipline of nursing, and the field of women’s health. Your support helps to continue and further Linda’s legacy.

Give to the Andrist Fund

Leslie Portney Fund for Interprofessional Leadership

To recognize and honor the profound accomplishments of Leslie Portney, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA, the Institute is proud to establish the Leslie Portney Fund for Interprofessional Leadership which will support students and faculty as they pursue educational and research opportunities that foster interprofessional education and practice.

Distributions will be made for:

Travel by students, faculty, or staff to domestic or international interprofessional meetings or conferences where participants will expand their understanding of interprofessional education and bring new ideas back to the IHP; and/or
To seed new interprofessional projects at the IHP; and/or
To support a faculty member or student to attend a course on interprofessional education.

Give to the Portney Fund

Learn more about the Leslie Portney Fund
for Interprofessional Leadership.

Ruth Sleeper Nursing Center for Clinical Education and Wellness

Ruth Sleeper was a remarkable woman: her visionary plan and determined advocacy for expanded academic preparation paved the way for the current nursing programs at MGH Institute of Health Professions.

Her devotion to students was evident in that she was equally focused on the professional development of the MGH School of Nursing students by teaching interactive classes to first and third year students. She helped lead the way in transforming nursing education by greatly expanding classroom instruction. Miss Sleeper was a national leader in nursing education who helped raise academic standards for the nursing profession.

The Ruth Sleeper Nursing Center for Clinical Education and Wellness at the MGH Institute serves as her living legacy; a place that aspires to train exceptional nursing and health care leaders to provide safe and quality care to patients and communities, to work effectively in cross-discipline, interprofessional teams, and to solve some of the more complex problems in health care today.

Give to the Ruth Sleeper Nursing Center

Marjorie K. Ionta Physical Therapy Center for Clinical Excellence and Health Promotion Fund

The IHP has just opened a state-of-the-art IMPACT Practice Center, one of the only ones in New England, using an interprofessional model to teach students from different healthcare disciplines how to provide exceptional free supervised care to members of the community.

Please join us by making a donation to name the Marjorie K. Ionta Physical Therapy Center for Clinical Excellence and Health Promotion. Though the goal would be $50,000, thanks to an anonymous donor, your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar, thus reducing our goal to $25,000.

Give to the Ionta Center Fund

Learn more about Marjorie K. Ionta

MGH Institute Fund: Make a Gift for Today

The MGH Institute Fund is the most direct way to support the IHP. Your gifts to the MGH Institute Fund support financial aid, student services, institutional support, and instruction and research.

Give To The MGH Institute Fund

Farrisey Society: Make a Gift for Tomorrow

Members of the Farrisey Society contribute to the MGH Institute through estate, capital, and planned gifts. Through their generosity, they create a legacy that fosters excellence in health care education.

“I joined the Farrisey Society because I understand the value of investing in the Institute. I feel it is important that future students have the opportunity to access the high quality educational experience available at the IHP.”

– Victoria J. Gold, SON ’65

Join the Farrisey Society

How to Give

The MGH Institute is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Your gift is tax deductible for charitable purposes to the full extent allowed by law.

Give Online

Give by Mail

Make checks payable to MGH Institute of Health Professions and mail to:

MGH Institute of Health Professions
Office of Development
Charlestown Navy Yard
36 First Avenue
Boston, MA 02129-4557

Matching Gifts

Many employers support the philanthropic priorities of their employees by matching their charitable gifts.
Donors should contact their employer's human resources or benefits office to learn if there is a matching gift program.
Donors may also qualify under the matching gift program of a company from which they retired,
at which their spouse works, or where they serve as a member of its board of directors.

Give Stocks, Securities, or Shares

Gifts of appreciated securities, closely held stock, or mutual fund shares are welcome
and may provide tax benefits for you. In advance of transferring stock, please send notification
of your intended donation to us via email or mail, so that we may promptly process and acknowledge your gift.

To transfer stock electronically to MGH Institute of Health Professions, email giving@mghihp.edu

Other Methods of Giving

Charitable contributions to support the MGH Institute's mission can be made in many more ways.
For information on any of the methods below, contact the development office
at (617) 726-3141 or giving@mghihp.edu:

Real Estate
Retained Life Estate
Retirement Plan Options
Life Insurance
Tangible Personal Property
Life Income Gifts
Charitable Gift Annuity or Deferred Charitable Gift Annuity
Pooled Income Funds
Charitable Remainder Trust or Charitable Lead Trust

Meagan Sheffield, Director of Annual Giving and Stewardship
masheffield@mghihp.edu

Mailing Address:
Office of Development
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Charlestown Navy Yard
36 1st Avenue
Boston, MA 02129-4557

Email: giving@mghihp.edu
Fax: (617) 643-6340 (Please contact us if a secure line is needed)

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