News & Events
Meeropols Make Ethel Rosenberg FOIA Request
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In 2016 my brother Michael and I, in conjunction with the RFC, launched the Exonerate Ethel campaign. We asked then-President Obama to issue a proclamation declaring that our mother’s conviction and... Read More
Over $410,000 Awarded as Eighteen New Families Join the RFC Community
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Last fall, the RFC awarded almost $200,000 in grants, which brought our annual total to over $410,000 for the second year in a row. Clearly, there is a significant need for educational and emotional... Read More
Three Years Later, COVID and Our Operations
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Almost exactly three years ago, on Friday, March 13th 2020, I emailed the RFC Board to let them know that we were closing the RFC office for two weeks due to COVID-19. I reassured Board members that... Read More
Shop at River Valley Coop, Support the RFC
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The Rosenberg Fund for Children has been selected as the March recipient of the River Valley Co-op's "Change for Change" program! For the month of March shoppers at both locations of the Co-op (... Read More
Apply now! RFC spring grants open
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Applications for the Rosenberg Fund for Children's spring grants are now open!
2022 Year-end Report from Jennifer Meeropol
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This year has felt like a series of seemingly endless crises, from the pandemic to environmental calamity (fires and storms and floods to name just a few) to the frightening rise in antisemitic,... Read More
Guest Blog: A Message of Gratitude
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We are heading into the winter holidays on a high note: now that the second half of our granting season has concluded, we can proudly say that altogether we have been able to support a total of 86... Read More
Just Getting Started: Notes from Halfway Through My First Granting Cycle
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The last few weeks have been a flurry of activity at the RFC. As summer turned into fall, we received over 80 applications for support from activist parents and guardians all across the country. This... Read More
A New Adventure, A Timeless Mission: Hello From the RFC’s New Granting Coordinator
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One of my mother’s earliest childhood memories is hearing one name repeated over and over in conversations around her: “Rosenberg.” It’s no surprise that my mom grew up constantly aware of the... Read More
Guest Blog: Goodbye, RFC!
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By Tori Montemurro
My two years at the Rosenberg Fund for Children as the Granting Coordinator have sadly come to an end, as I will be moving to Spain to teach English for the year. I am beyond... Read More
A Dozen New Families Join the RFC as Grants Approach $8.5 Million
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In our latest granting cycle, the RFC welcomed 12 new families to our beneficiary community, renewed funding for an additional 68 families, and awarded special grants and programs for beneficiaries... Read More
Anniversaries, Milestones and the End of Roe
Newsletter
I’ve been thinking a lot about anniversaries and milestones recently. That’s not surprising, given that the RFC recently wrapped up an 18-plus month celebration of our 30th anniversary (delayed... Read More
A Successful Pivot to Gathering Virtually
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The RFC is continuing to explore how to bring members of our community together while travel and gathering together still poses risk of COVID transmission. We are excited to announce that this summer... Read More
Help us Stand with Targeted Youth Activists
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In addition to supporting the children of targeted activists, the RFC also supports Targeted Activist Youth (TAY). These young people who faced harassment for their own organizing are eligible for... Read More
Exonerate Update
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The crush of national and international events continues to make it difficult to relaunch the Exonerate Ethel campaign. With the midterm elections on our doorstep, we are delaying further until after... Read More
Bequest Support Critical
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In their final letter to my father and uncle, my grandparents wrote that they were comforted in the sure knowledge that others would carry on after them. Almost 70 years later, the Rosenberg Fund for... Read More
Dreams for a Broken World
Newsletter
We’re excited to announce that preorders are now open for Dreams for a Broken World, a collection of short stories edited by Julie Day and RFC Advisory Board member Ellen Meeropol. All the proceeds... Read More
Guest Blog: Lessons Learned from Virtual Programming
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My experiences over the last two years have been defined by three words: pivot, learn, and adapt. This summer was no exception, as I interned with the RFC and undertook virtual programming.