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ABOUT THE RFC >Mission & Background >Staff & Boards >Fact Sheet >Named Funds PRESS PAST EVENTS >Boston, 2007 >Northampton, 2005 >New York, 2003 ROBERT MEEROPOL >Biography >Lectures ROSENBERG CASE >Case Article >Supporting Material Many documents available for download are in .pdf format. You need the free Acrobat Reader to open the files. Click the Adobe icon to downloadthe Acrobat reader. Icon links to the Adobe site in a new window. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please
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Orphaned
at 6, when his parents were executed, Meeropol started the RFC to help
children who are experiencing the kind of nightmare he and his brother
experienced as children. Sustained by a loving and culturally rich relationship
with his adoptive parents whose name he bears, Meeropol knows from personal
experience that activities the RFC supports can be a safe harbor for a
child in traumatic and unstable circumstances.
(* The RFC considers “targeted” to describe someone who has: lost a job; suffered physical or mental injury or disability; been harassed or discriminated against; been imprisoned; or died. The RFC defines “progressive activities” as actions taken to further the beliefs that: 1) All people have equal worth; 2) People are more important than profits; 3) World peace is a necessity; 4) Society must function within ecologically sustainable limits.) Founded: September 1990, by Robert Meeropol, Executive Director Status: 501(c)(3) organization; public foundation Supported Financially By: 10,000 individual donors # of Children supported by RFC grants since 1990: more than 400 Total $ amount of grants issued since 1990: $3 million Types of activities supported by RFC grants: Camp; art/music lessons; school tuition; daycare; therapy; travel to visit incarcerated family; etc. Age of grant recipients: 18 or under for standard RFC grants; 19-24 for “Carry it Forward” and Special Travel. Granting deadlines: twice/year, March & October Granting amounts: $3000/child per year (up to age 18) Leadership: Robert Meeropol, Executive Director; list of Board of Directors and Advisory Board members available here Staff: Jenn Meeropol, Grantmaking Coordinator; Amber Black, Public Relations Coordinator
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The
RFC was founded in 1990 by Robert Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
(executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage). The fund provides
for the educational and emotional needs of children whose parents have
been targeted as a result of progressive activities, as well as for youth
who have been targeted due to their own progressive activities.*