Mothers Persist Despite Violent Intimidation
$2300 for tuition and gymnastics for two children, ages five and 17, from two families. Their mothers are leaders in the fight for police reform and racial justice organizing. They have received... Read More
Racial Justice
WA
Peaceful Organizer Charged
$1000 for therapy for the 15-year-old child of a racial justice organizer who was unjustly arrested at a peaceful protest. Because prosecutors charged her with gang involvement, she faced up to eight... Read More
Racial Justice
AZ
Attica Prison Visit
$2000 for an Attica Grant to allow the grandchildren and great grandchildren of an Indigenous political prisoner to visit their relative as he serves two life sentences for his role in the American... Read More
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
ND
CIF Awards
$7200 for 12 CIF awards for a dozen young adult beneficiaries from nine families. Their parents are active organizers for racial justice, environmental and animal rights, immigrant’s rights advocacy... Read More
AL, AZ, CA, FL, IL, LA, ME, OK
Grocery Gift Cards
$1,000 to provide $200 grocery gift cards for current RFC beneficiary families facing emergency circumstances.
Students Fight for Justice in Higher Education
$5000 for Targeted Activist Youth (TAY) Development grants for five college students ages 21 to 23 who were beaten and charged with felonies for peacefully protesting the profound inequities in their... Read More
Racial Justice
FL
Families Fight to Regain Stability
$4500 for educational and therapeutic support for three children, ages five, 10 and 13, from two activist families who have faced years of rippling effects of FBI targeting and persecution for anti-... Read More
Racial Justice
GA, IN
Father Falsely Accused
$3600 to support STEM education for three children, ages 13 to 21, whose father spoke out against the Iraq war, was falsely accused of terrorist activity and was hunted by the FBI in an attempt to... Read More
Civil Liberties
OH
Mom Organizes Against Police Violence
$1500 for therapy for the 17-year-old son whose father was killed by police; the family has had to relocate to avoid police harassment as they fight to end police shootings for good.
Civil Liberties
MN
Student Harassed
$1500 for educational services for a 15-year-old Black student in a majority-white school who filed a civil rights lawsuit after a teacher shoved and berated her for declining to say the pledge of... Read More
Civil Liberties
SC
Teen Activist Creating Safer World
$1500 for organizing support for a 15-year-old drag performer and gender liberation activist who builds safe spaces for gender-nonconforming youth despite years of harassment.
Gender Equality, LGBTQ, & Reproductive Rights
NY
Mother’s Livelihood Threatened
$1500 for educational support for the 11-year-old boy whose mother faced threats against her business and her personal safety for helping to protect Black women’s rights to reproductive autonomy.
Gender Equality, LGBTQ, & Reproductive Rights
GA
Activists Forced out of Work
$8200 for a broad range of programs for seven children, ages four to 21, from four families whose parents were fired for advocating for equity in schools, racial justice and free press rights.
Civil Liberties
CA, GA, MI, MN
FBI Whistleblower Prosecuted
$4000 for tutoring for two children, ages nine and 12, whose father leaked documents that exposed racist surveillance tactics in the U.S. He was sentenced to prison and forced to liquidate all assets... Read More
Civil Liberties
CA
Father Tortured
$6000 for homeschooling support for four children ages eight to 15 whose family fled the U.S. to escape the FBI’s harassment of their father for his public opposition to U.S. foreign policy in the... Read More
Civil Liberties
GA
Mother Surveilled
$4000 for childcare and recreational activities for three children, ages four to 11, whose mom faced harassment and surveillance for advocating for political prisoners unjustly targeted in the U.S. “... Read More
Civil Liberties
MA
Educator Falsely Reported
$3000 for tutoring for the two children, ages 10 and 16, whose mother, a teacher, fought for the well-being of all students after her young autistic child was physically assaulted by an aide at... Read More
Civil Liberties
AL
Journalist Stabbed
$1500 for tutoring for the eight-year-old daughter whose father, a journalist, was attacked while covering a neo-Nazi rally. He was arrested and had his camera confiscated while his attacker walked... Read More
Civil Liberties
CA