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Apply now! RFC spring grants open
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Applications for the Rosenberg Fund for Children's spring grants are now open!
2022 Year-end Report from Jennifer Meeropol
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This year has felt like a series of seemingly endless crises, from the pandemic to environmental calamity (fires and storms and floods to name just a few) to the frightening rise in antisemitic,... Read More
Guest Blog: A Message of Gratitude
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We are heading into the winter holidays on a high note: now that the second half of our granting season has concluded, we can proudly say that altogether we have been able to support a total of 86... Read More
Just Getting Started: Notes from Halfway Through My First Granting Cycle
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The last few weeks have been a flurry of activity at the RFC. As summer turned into fall, we received over 80 applications for support from activist parents and guardians all across the country. This... Read More
A New Adventure, A Timeless Mission: Hello From the RFC’s New Granting Coordinator
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One of my mother’s earliest childhood memories is hearing one name repeated over and over in conversations around her: “Rosenberg.” It’s no surprise that my mom grew up constantly aware of the... Read More
Guest Blog: Goodbye, RFC!
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By Tori Montemurro
My two years at the Rosenberg Fund for Children as the Granting Coordinator have sadly come to an end, as I will be moving to Spain to teach English for the year. I am beyond... Read More
A Dozen New Families Join the RFC as Grants Approach $8.5 Million
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In our latest granting cycle, the RFC welcomed 12 new families to our beneficiary community, renewed funding for an additional 68 families, and awarded special grants and programs for beneficiaries... Read More
Anniversaries, Milestones and the End of Roe
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I’ve been thinking a lot about anniversaries and milestones recently. That’s not surprising, given that the RFC recently wrapped up an 18-plus month celebration of our 30th anniversary (delayed and... Read More
A Successful Pivot to Gathering Virtually
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The RFC is continuing to explore how to bring members of our community together while travel and gathering together still poses risk of COVID transmission. We are excited to announce that this summer... Read More
Help us Stand with Targeted Youth Activists
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In addition to supporting the children of targeted activists, the RFC also supports Targeted Activist Youth (TAY). These young people who faced harassment for their own organizing are eligible for... Read More
Bequest Support Critical
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In their final letter to my father and uncle, my grandparents wrote that they were comforted in the sure knowledge that others would carry on after them. Almost 70 years later, the Rosenberg Fund for... Read More
Dreams for a Broken World
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We’re excited to announce that preorders are now open for Dreams for a Broken World, a collection of short stories edited by Julie Day and RFC Advisory Board member Ellen Meeropol. All the proceeds... Read More
Guest Blog: Lessons Learned from Virtual Programming
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My experiences over the last two years have been defined by three words: pivot, learn, and adapt. This summer was no exception, as I interned with the RFC and undertook virtual programming.
We're hiring! Full-time Granting Coordinator
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We're hiring! Join the Rosenberg Fund staff as our next Granting Coordinator, and be a key player in our work supporting the children of targeted activists across the U.S.
“Pass the Mic” summer camp a labor of love for RFC families
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A core part of the RFC's mission is to combat the isolation that makes our grantees vulnerable and deepens the impact of the targeting they experience. And so we are thrilled that three RFC... Read More
Fifteen years, lots of memories
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Fifteen years ago (Saturday, July 23rd) was my first day of work at the RFC. I came onboard as the granting coordinator, supporting beneficiary families in applying for and utilizing grants for their... Read More
Rosenberg Sons File New FOIA Request of the NSA
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On July 13th, 2022, the sons of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, Michael and Robert Meeropol, filed a new Freedom of Information Request (FOIA) of the National Security Agency (NSA) demanding all material... Read More
New book 'Dreams for a Broken World' to benefit the RFC
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The project began in January 2021. We’d been locked down for almost a year. My fourth novel had been launched into a pandemic-scourged virtual-only environment. Racial injustice and climate... Read More
"Thank you for the grant you gave me. I hate that my father is in prison, but I'm glad there's an organization like you who not only understands, but goes even further to help." -RFC Beneficiary