Archives of "Carry it Forward"
Carry it Forward, the RFC's newsletter, is published twice a year in March and September. Each edition describes every grant made in the most recent granting cycle, as well as recent events and other RFC news.
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From the Frontlines: RFC Activists on the Current Moment
In a year where so many of us feel the spectre of fascism looming larger than it has in recent memory, RFC activists have a unique vantage point. We asked them to reflect on the current state of the… Read More
Recent Grants: Over $9.5 Million and Still Climbing: 84 Grants to Targeted Activist Families This Spring
Eight new activists (both parent and youth activists) from four new families joined our community this spring. To date, the RFC has awarded over $220,000 so far this year, which brings us to a… Read More
Executive Director's Report: Making Art, Building Community
Earlier this summer, RFC beneficiaries and their parents joined staff and Board members for a virtual art show. Fourteen beneficiaries ages six to 21 shared a range of art in a variety of mediums,… Read More
Save the Date: Celebrating the RFC’s 35th Anniversary, featuring Angela Y. Davis!
We are thrilled to announce that author, activist and RFC Advisory Board member Angela Y. Davis will join us for an event honoring 35 years of the Rosenberg Fund for Children supporting grassroots… Read More
Our Mailing Address Has Changed (Slightly)
We’ve moved down the hall of our office building to a new suite! Going forward, please send all donations and other mail to our updated address, paying special attention to our new suite number: 116… Read More
RMD helps the RFC stand with the children of resistance
A growing source of support for the RFC includes donors sending us their Required Minimum Distribution (RMD). When donors write a check or have funds electronically transferred directly from their… Read More
Evidence Exonerates Ethel Despite Biden Inaction
Last fall, the sons of Ethel Rosenberg forced the release of newly declassified documents related to her case, including the bombshell NSA memorandum – dated eleven days after Ethel’s arrest in 1950… Read More
Executive Director’s Report: Announcing the Bruce Miller Legacy Fund
Last summer the RFC lost a founding member of the Board and a dear friend when Bruce Miller died after a battle with cancer. Bruce served on the Board for more than 30 years, from 1990 until his… Read More
Recent Grants: Nine New Families Join the RFC as Granting Approaches $9.5 Million
In the shadow of the election, the RFC awarded over $220,000 in fall grants to targeted activist families, awarding over $450,000 for the second year in a row to provide as much critical support as… Read More
Statement from Rosenberg Sons Robert & Michael Meeropol
While Robert and Michael Meeropol were disappointed that President Biden left office without exonerating their mother Ethel Rosenberg before he left office in January, they also were deeply grateful… Read More
Thank you!
The RFC joins Rosenberg sons Robert and Michael Meeropol in thanking the numerous allied organizations and thousands of people who supported the exoneration campaign. You signed and shared the… Read More
We Need Your Help
As we face increased attacks on activists, threats of crackdowns on those fighting for reproductive health care, rights for trans children, DEI efforts in schools and workplaces and a host of other… Read More
Bequests: Justifying Their Certainty
From Executive Director, Jenn Meeropol: "My father often described the RFC, especially in our early days, by explaining that if it was going to take generations to bring about true, meaningful change… Read More
Call for Art: Celebrating the RFC’s 35th Anniversary!
As the RFC moves into its 35th year, we hope to celebrate with our larger community. We invite all interested artists (particularly those engaged in using art for progressive social change) to create… Read More
Behind the Numbers
This spring, the RFC reached a new, incredible milestone: we have now awarded over $9 million in grant support since our first modest grants in the spring of 1991. As a small organization, we are… Read More
Recent Grants: RFC Granting Tops $9 Million
Already this year the RFC has awarded over $230,000 to almost 200 children as four new families joined our community. Recent grants supported young activists from the Stop Cop City movement, as well… Read More
Executive Director's Report: The Importance of Things
Executive Director Jenn Meeropol and her father (RFC Founder) Robert Meeropol spent time going through RFC papers and mementoes to get organized and rediscovered some real treasures, like a beautiful… Read More
Upcoming Fall Events
Sept 13th, Beneath the Mountain: An Anti-Prison Reader Book Release
At Forbes Library (Northampton, MA), featuring co-editors Mumia Abu-Jamal and Jennifer Black & other panelists, plus… Read More