Grants

RFC grants pay for educationally and emotionally supportive activities for children of targeted progressive activists and youth who are targeted activists themselves.

Our grants help ensure these kids can attend summer camp, hire a tutor, receive therapy, attend a dance program or participate in other activities that allow them to have fun, process their experiences and heal. They make it possible for these kids not only to survive but thrive, despite the negative targeting their family has experienced.

 

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Application Deadlines:

March 21 & October 13

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Granting Stats

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Pie Chart Showing Spring Grants by Activism Category

Number of Children
162
Number of Grants
84
New Grants
7
Renewals
77
Total Grants Amount
$221,590.00
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The Gathering Program

The RFC’s founder, Robert Meeropol, was six years old when his parents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, were executed at the height of the McCarthy Era after one of the most hotly debated trials in U.S. history. Robert and his brother survived their nightmare in large part because of the loving and culturally rich life that was created for them by their adoptive parents, and by the progressive community who rallied to raise a trust fund to help them.

Aided by this emotional and financial support, the brothers grew up in a creative milieu, among writers, musicians, actors

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Girls playing music

"We were so excited when we learned that you had decided to give grants for our music lessons. It has been difficult to pay for them since our father lost his job. Thank you for recognizing how our dad was singled out for his stand against war, and for realizing music's importance to our family."

RFC beneficiary siblings

Recent Grants

Activist Family Members Threatened and Charged

$6100 for therapy, tuition, bicycles and supplies for a therapy animal, two Targeted Activist Youth (TAY) Development grants and a Carry it Forward (CIF) award for five siblings ages 15-24 who have… Read More
Peace
PA

Environmental Activist Targeted by FBI

$2000 for tuition for the 15 year-old daughter of a longtime environmentalist and organizer. Her activist father has been called a domestic terrorist, threatened with imprisonment and subjected to… Read More
Environmental and Animal Rights
NY

Mom Fights for Equity in Schools

$1500 for music programs for the 16 year-old son of a longtime organizer for educational equity. As a result of her speaking up for racially and economically marginalized students who were forced… Read More
Labor & Economic Justice
CA

Reproductive Justice Advocate Faces Prison

A $1000 TAY Development Grant for a 25 year-old pro-choice activist charged under the FACE act for “conspiring against civil rights” after allegedly spray painting the outside of a “pregnancy crisis… Read More
Gender, Sexuality & Reproductive Rights
FL

Fathers Falsely Accused

$8700 for homeschooling expenses and two CIF awards for seven children, ages 10 to 23, from two families. Their fathers spoke out against the Iraq war and were falsely accused of terrorist activity… Read More
Civil Liberties
GA

Activists Forced Out of Work

$6000 for music equipment, tutoring and therapy for four children, ages six to 18, from three families whose parents were fired for advocating for racial justice and free press rights.
Civil Liberties
MN

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