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Targeted Activist Youth Development Grants

ROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN INC

Funding Amount

Varies

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Targeted Activist Youth Development Grants

Program Status: Active

Geographic Scope: United States

Background: Grant category for young activists (ages 18-24) who have themselves experienced targeting, harassment, police violence, or other state repression for their own organizing and resistance work.

Focus Areas:

  • Education and skill development

  • Career advancement (e.g., law school applications)

  • Recovery from trauma and targeting

  • Personal development and growth

  • Support for youth continuing their activist work
  • Eligibility:

  • Young activists ages 18-24

  • Youth who have faced police harassment, violence, or surveillance

  • Youth targeted for participation in protests or demonstrations

  • Youth experiencing ongoing harassment for their activism
  • Award Examples:

  • 2022 Award: 24-year-old racial justice organizer who was harassed and followed by police after peaceful protests, and hit by a government official's car at a demonstration. Used grant to assist with law school application costs.
  • Contact Information:

  • Rosenberg Fund for Children

  • 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 335

  • Easthampton, MA 01027

  • Phone: (413) 529-0063

  • Email: info@rfc.org
  • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    youth-programssocial-justice

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