News & Events
From the Frontlines: RFC Activists on the Current Moment
Newsletter
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
Newsletter
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
Newsletter
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!
Newsletter
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)
Newsletter
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
Newsletter
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
The RFC Office Has Moved
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The Rosenberg Fund for Children office has just wrapped up our big office move. We didn't go far, however. Our new space is located just down the hall in our same office building at Eastworks, so... Read More
A Can of Soup and....
Blog Post
The last time I was at the RFC office I found a soup can that expired in 2020. A bit of context: after about 20 years in the same office suite in the Eastworks building in Easthampton, the RFC is... Read More
On the 72nd anniversary of my grandparents’ executions
Blog Post
I'm not sure why, of all the terrible news stories lately, this is the one that stopped me in my tracks and left me in tears at my computer one afternoon last month. The government leaked the address... Read More
Everywhere, All at Once: Pain and Light in a Whirlwind Spring Cycle
Blog Post
Our latest granting cycle has brought us applicants from the Northeast, the South, the Midwest, and the Pacific Coast.
RFC Granting in this Moment: Escalating Threats and Deepening Resistance
Blog Post
Many of you have reached out to us via email, sent notes with donations, left comments on our social media posts and otherwise expressed both your support for our work and concern for RFC... Read More
Evidence Exonerates Ethel Despite Biden Inaction
Newsletter
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
Newsletter
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
Newsletter
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
Newsletter
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!
Newsletter
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
Newsletter
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
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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