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Pipeline Protesters Persecuted

$8000 for Model UN summer programs and homeschooling expenses for four children, ages three to 15, from two families. Their parents helped disrupt pipeline operations and bring attention to the impact of the fossil fuel industry. One parent was physically assaulted and another faced felony charges.

Funding cycle
Spring 2026
Grant Tags
Environmental and Animal Rights
Location(s)
NY
WI
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Environmental Activist Targeted by FBI

$2000 for tuition for the 16 year-old daughter of a longtime environmentalist and organizer. Her activist father has been called a domestic terrorist, threatened with imprisonment and subjected to multiple FBI raids for his efforts to save the planet.

Funding cycle
Spring 2026
Grant Tags
Environmental and Animal Rights
Location(s)
NY
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Parents Forced to Flee

$6600 for summer camps, educational and sports activities and a CIF award for five children, ages nine to 19, from three families whose parents fled their home countries for the U.S. after their human rights activism put them in immediate danger.

Funding cycle
Spring 2026
Grant Tags
Human Rights
Location(s)
IL
NY
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Father Pushed to Leave Country

$2600 for tuition and a CIF award for two children, ages 14 and 19, whose dad established an interfaith mosque to counteract society’s bias towards Muslims after 9/11. He faced harassment and detention by the FBI and fled the U.S. to end the persecution.

Funding cycle
Spring 2026
Grant Tags
Human Rights
Location(s)
NY
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Mothers Threatened for Helping Prisoners

$6600 for school expenses and a CIF award for four children, ages 12 to 21, from two families. Their mothers have been denied jobs or threatened with prosecution for advocating for individuals wronged in the criminal justice system.

Funding cycle
Spring 2026
Grant Tags
Prisoners' Rights/ U.S. Political Prisoners
Location(s)
AL
NY
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CIF Awards

$3600 in CIF awards for 6 young adult beneficiaries from 5 families. Their parents are active organizers for environmental and reproductive justice, global human rights and more.

Funding cycle
Spring 2026
Grant Tags
CIF
Location(s)
FL
IL
MA
NY
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Environmental Activist Targeted by FBI

$1000 for tuition for the 16 year-old daughter of a longtime environmentalist and organizer. Her activist father has been called a domestic terrorist, threatened with imprisonment and subjected to multiple FBI raids for his efforts to save the planet.

Funding cycle
Fall 2025
Grant Tags
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
Location(s)
NY
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Teen Activist Creating Safer World

$1500 for photography and school supplies for an 18-year-old drag performer and gender liberation activist who builds safe spaces for gender-nonconforming youth despite years of harassment.

Funding cycle
Fall 2025
Grant Tags
Gender, Sexuality & Reproductive Rights
Location(s)
NY
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Parents Forced to Flee

$7200 for educational and sports activities and two CIF awards for six children, ages eight to 24, from three families whose parents fled their home countries for the U.S. after their human rights activism put them in immediate danger.

Funding cycle
Fall 2025
Grant Tags
Human Rights
Location(s)
NY
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Mothers Threatened for Helping Prisoners

$5100 for school expenses and a CIF award for four children, ages 12 to 19, from two families. Their mothers have been denied jobs or threatened with prosecution for advocating for individuals wronged in the criminal justice system.

Funding cycle
Fall 2025
Grant Tags
Prisoners' Rights/ U.S. Political Prisoners
Location(s)
NY
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