News & Events
35 Years of the RFC: Stronger Together, Solidarity Forever
Newsletter
On April 11, 2026 the Rosenberg Fund for Children will mark 35 years of standing with the kids of targeted activists with a celebratory event featuring Angela Y. Davis—35 Years of the RFC: Stronger… Read More
Executive Director's Report: Finding Hope in Hard Times
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At times the last few months of 2025 and beginning of this year have felt like a brutal slog from one hard thing to another. A beloved extended family member died too young, work was especially… Read More
Recent Grants: Five New Families Join the RFC as Grants Awarded Approach $10 Million
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As families grapple with serious targeting and harassment when activist parents fight against environmental racism, genocide abroad and brutal ICE raids in communities across the country, many… Read More
Save the Date April 16 | Archives & Accountability: Justice in the Rosenberg Case
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Save the Date (April 16, 2026) | Boston University Libraries, in partnership with the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, the Boston University School of Law Library and the Rosenberg Fund for… Read More
35 Years of Growth: A Plant’s Eye View
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When I was a small plant, barely knee high, a man named Robby “adopted” me for $3.99 from a Food Mart grocery store. My new home was a small two room office suite on Main Street in downtown… Read More
Bequests are critical to our sustainability
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Bequests are a critical component of that strategy and a vital part of making all our work possible. Individuals who include the RFC in their estate planning are passing on necessary resources to… Read More
Guest Blog: New Grantees, New Challenges, Same Fighting Spirit: A Letter from the RFC’s Granting Coordinator
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As we ring in the new year at the RFC, we are taking time to reflect on our most recent granting period. Our fall 2025 granting season was busy, urgent and emotional. For me, each new application… Read More
2025 Year-End Report from Jennifer Meeropol
Blog Post
The Rosenberg Fund for Children marked our 35th anniversary earlier this fall. While the public celebration won’t happen until the spring of 2026, I still took the opportunity presented by that… Read More
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
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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)
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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.