News & Events
2024 Year-End Report from Jennifer Meeropol
Blog Post
I wish I were writing to you in very different circumstances.
These are dark times. Violent, racist, misogynistic and xenophobic rhetoric has taken hold. We’re faced with the prospect of mass... Read More
Fall Granting Blog: The Road Ahead
Blog Post
By Cleo Rohn, RFC Granting Coordinator
After awarding over $220,000 in fall grants, we ready ourselves for what comes next.
ACT NOW to Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
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The National Security Agency (NSA) released a formerly classified document confirming that the U.S. government knew that Ethel Rosenberg was not a spy long before her trial and execution.
Behind the Numbers
Newsletter
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
Fall 2024 Grants: RFC Granting Tops $9 Million
Newsletter
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
Newsletter
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
Newsletter
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
New Developments in Exonerate Ethel Campaign
Newsletter
In 2022, Rosenberg sons Robert and Michael Meeropol filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of the National Security Agency (NSA) asking for declassification and release of the agency’s... Read More
The RFC Approves New Strategic Plan
Newsletter
The RFC spent 18 months in 2023 and 2024 engaged in a strategic planning process. The resulting document identifies key goals, as well as strategies and resources, for the next five years of the RFC... Read More
“Secure in the sure knowledge that others would carry on after us”
Newsletter
Our community has the power to justify Ethel and Julius' faith in continuing progressive activism by making a bequest to the RFC. Such a gift honors the Rosenbergs' legacy and ensures that we will be... Read More
The RFC office is closed July 1-5
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The RFC office will be closed July 1-5. We will resume our regular hours on Monday, July 8th. Wishing our community a safe and happy holiday!
On the 71st anniversary of my grandparents’ executions
Blog Post
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the long struggle for justice and activist parents’ ability to remain committed to their causes knowing they may not see the fruits of their sacrifice in their... Read More
Vote for the RFC! River Valley Coop Change for Change
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Update: The voting period has closed, and we are awaiting results. Thanks to everyone who supported!
Long Awaited Updates on the Meeropols’ Freedom of Information Act Request
Blog Post
It has been a while since I’ve provided RFC supporters with an update on my parents’ case. Almost two years ago in July, 2022, my brother and I filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of... Read More
Making Grants, Making Differences
Blog Post
The RFC has had a busy spring: in the last month, we granted over $230,000 in funds to support the children of targeted activists. After two whirlwind granting meetings, we are closing our spring... Read More
RFC Granting in a Time of Deepening Resistance
Newsletter
As activists across the country fight back against restrictive laws targeting reproductive health care, accurate portrayals of history in schools and colleges, appropriate care for trans youth and... Read More
Executive Director's Report: Building & Maintaining Community In a Changing World
Newsletter
In 2017 the RFC embarked on what became a deeply engaging 18+ month strategic planning process. It began with a survey of current and former Board, staff and consultants and resulted in a plan that... Read More